Table 4 Importance of each study for the comparisons in the Parkinson’s data
From: The statistical importance of a study for a network meta-analysis estimate
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Study | Design | 1:2 | 1:3 | 1:4 | 1:5 | 2:3 | 2:4 | 2:5 | 3:4 | 3:5 | 4:5 |
1 | 1:3 | 0.029 | 0.531 | 0.405 | 0.364 | 0.418 | 0.294 | 0.264 | 0.126 | 0.092 | – |
2 | 1:2 | 0.756 | 0.076 | 0.121 | 0.104 | 0.402 | 0.379 | 0.345 | 0.013 | 0.009 | – |
3 | 1:2:4 | 0.244 | 0.469 | 0.595 | 0.553 | 0.503 | 0.617 | 0.582 | 0.126 | 0.092 | – |
4 | 3:4 | 0.005 | 0.128 | 0.101 | 0.086 | 0.130 | 0.064 | 0.056 | 0.535 | 0.449 | – |
5 | 3:4 | 0.002 | 0.061 | 0.048 | 0.041 | 0.062 | 0.030 | 0.026 | 0.339 | 0.266 | – |
6 | 4:5 | – | – | – | 0.178 | – | – | 0.157 | – | 0.285 | 0.577 |
7 | 4:5 | – | – | – | 0.105 | – | – | 0.092 | – | 0.177 | 0.423 |
Direct evidence (%) | 97.1 | 53.1 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 55.8 | 0.0 | 87.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |