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Table 4 Statistic used to measure heterogeneity among studies in the 26 IPD meta-analyses stratified by analytic approaches

From: Systematic review of methods for individual patient data meta- analysis with binary outcomes

 

Statistics

 

Q Statistics

I2

Multiple statistics

Other measures

Unclear

 

(N = 6)

(N = 6)

(N = 2)

(N = 6)

(N = 6)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

One-step

3 (50)

4 (67)

0 (0)

6 (100)

6 (100)

Two-step

2 (33)

2 (33)

2 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)