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Table 3 Wald-type chi-squared tests for heterogeneity ( u ij )

From: Network-meta analysis made easy: detection of inconsistency using factorial analysis-of-variance models

Design

Wald statistic

Number of studies

Degrees of freedom

p-value

benf:plac

4.38

2

1

0.0363

metf:plac

42.16

3

2

<0.0001

migl:plac

6.45

3

2

0.0398

rosi:plac

21.27

6

5

0.0007

rosi:metf

0.19

2

1

0.6655

  1. Tests are given for five designs represented by more than one trial in the diabetes example of Senn et al. [7].
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BMC Medical Research Methodology

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