BP, Blood pressure; CNKI, China National Knowledge Infrastructure; CVD, Cardiovascular disease; GP, General practitioner; ICC, Intra-cluster correlation; MD, Mean difference; OR, Odds ratio; RCT, Randomised controlled trial.
We searched for eligible meta-analyses published between 1 January 2007 and 1 January 2010 in the Cochrane database of systematic reviews using a previous search strategy 13: "standardised mean difference" OR "standardized mean difference" OR SMD OROR "effect size" OR "mean difference" in the title, abstract, or keywords.
For the SMM (double logistic SMM), results are presented as both the adjusted mean difference (OR) per % increase in adherence and per 100% adherence, the latter of which can be interpreted as the maximum possible efficacy.
CI: confidence intervals; HAIs: healthcare-associated infections; MD: mean difference; OR: odds ratio; RCTs: randomized controlled trials; RR: risk ratio; RTIs: respiratory tract infections; SDRD: selective digestive or respiratory tract decontamination; VAP: ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Note: CI, Confidence Interval; CTCAE, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; HR, Hazard Ratio; LED, Light Emitting Diode photo-modulation; MD, Mean Difference; OR, Odds Ratio; RISR, Radiation Induced Skin Reactions; RTOG, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group; SD, Standard Deviation; SE, Standard Error.
Dichotomy means two mutually exclusive alternatives and does not mean difference or discrepancy.
Data of interest were continuous measures, so the relevant effects were differences between the means, summarised as weighted mean differences or where different scales were used to measure the same general attribute, standardised mean differences.
For continuous outcomes, we will analyse weighted mean differences, or use standardised mean differences when different measurement scales have been used across studies.
In MANOVA test, the null hypothesis is rejected if one or more of the mean differences or some combination of mean differences among the genes in gene set differs from zero.
Two-sided 90% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for the mean differences or mean ratios.
21 28 29 Mean differences or log odds ratios were modelled using non-informative prior distributions.
