From: Accurate confidence intervals for risk difference in meta-analysis with rare events
 |  | Asymptotic intervals | IS intervals | Tian interval | ||||||
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Method | \(\widehat \Delta \) | lower | upper | length | lower | upper | length | lower | upper | length |
Fixed-effects | -0.064% | -0.346% | 0.218% | 0.564% | -0.506% | 0.165% | 0.704% | Â | Â | Â |
Random-effects | -0.030% | -0.382% | 0.322% | 0.671% | -0.509% | 0.250% | 0.758% | Â | Â | Â |
Tian method | -0.028% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | -0.843% | 0.430% | 1.273% |