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Table 3 Confidence intervals for risk difference between the LAI-AP group and the OAP group

From: Accurate confidence intervals for risk difference in meta-analysis with rare events

  

Asymptotic intervals

IS intervals

Tian interval

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%

   

Random-effects

-0.030%

-0.382%

0.322%

0.671%

-0.509%

0.250%

0.758%

   

Tian method

-0.028%

      

-0.843%

0.430%

1.273%