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Table 8 Variance of comparisons of interest across newly connected networks one and two, for all simulated data

From: Connecting a disconnected trial network with a new trial: optimizing the estimation of a comparative effect in a network meta-analysis

COI

Connections (No. of Studies)

Var(\(\hat{u}_{c_1,c_2}\))

N-E

Direct (1)

\(\sigma ^2_{N,E}\)

N-EQ

Partially Indirect (1, 1)

\(\sigma ^2_{N,E} + \sigma ^2_{E,EQ}\)

A-EQ

Completely Indirect (2, 1, 1)

\(\sigma ^2_{N,A,pooled} + \sigma ^2_{N,E} + \sigma ^2_{E,EQ}\)