Dose-response meta-analysis of differences in means

Table 1 Notation for aggregated data in the i-th study used in dose-response meta-analysis of differences in meas

dose	mean(Y)^a	sd(Y)	n ^b	d^c	Var(d)	d^∗ ^d	Var(d^∗)
0	\(\bar Y_{i0}\)	s d _i0	n _i0	0	–	0	–
⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮
x _ij	\(\bar Y_{ij}\)	s d _ij	n _ij	d _ij	Var(d _ij)	\(d^{*}_{ij}\)	\(\text {Var} \left (d^{*}_{ij} \right)\)
⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮	⋮
\(x_{iJ_{i}}\)	\(\bar Y_{iJ_{i}}\)	\(sd_{iJ_{i}}\)	\(n_{iJ_{i}}\)	\(d_{iJ_{i}}\)	\(\text {Var} \left (d_{iJ_{i}} \right)\)	\(d^{*}_{iJ_{i}}\)	\(\text {Var} \left (d^{*}_{iJ_{i}} \right)\)

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