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Table 1 Results of the meta-analysis with and without outlier removal based on no overlapping confidence intervals with the overall effect size

From: The effects of splenectomy in murine models of ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Analysis

SMD

95% CI

p

I2(2)

I2(3)

Main analysis

− 1.42

− 1.98, − 0.85

< 0.0001

19.04% [0.00%, 65.49%]

47.24% [0.00%, 85.23%]

Outliers removed*

− 1.30

− 1.77, − 0.82

< 0.0001

13.99% [0.00%, 69.52%]

40.43% [0.00%, 76.43%]

  1. *Removed as outliers: “Zhang et al. 2013”, “Kim et al. 2014-1”
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Journal of Neuroinflammation

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