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Fig. 6

From: Influence of blinding on treatment effect size estimate in randomized controlled trials of oral health interventions

Fig. 6

Difference in treatment ES estimates, stratified by meta-analyses characteristics, between: (a) trials with presence and lack of “double-blinded” description; (b) trials with and without blinding of both patients and assessors; (c) trials with and without blinding of patients, assessors, and care providers concurrently; (d) trials with and without appropriate method of blinding. Square, proportional to weight used in meta-meta-analysis; horizontal arrow/line, a 95% confidence interval; solid vertical line, line of no difference in treatment ES estimate

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