Table 3 Summary of Random-Effects Models, Heterogeneity, and Publication Bias for Mortality, Severity, and Mechanical Ventilation in T2DM and COVID-19 studies
Outcome | Estimate | SE | Z | p | CI Lower Bound | CI Upper Bound | Tau2 (SE) | I2 | H2 | Q (df) | p (Q) | Fail-Safe N | Kendall's Tau | p (Kendall's) | Egger's Regression | p (Egger's) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortality (k = 18) | 3.6553 | 0.7444 | 4.9103 | <.001 | 2.1963 | 5.1143 | 8.1587 (3.4058) | 83.83% | 6.1860 | 89.4414 (17) | <.001 | 905 | 0.2157 | 0.229 | 0.8804 | 0.379 |
Severity (k = 6) | 1.9692 | 0.4844 | 4.0650 | <.001 | 1.0197 | 2.9187 | 0 (0.8819) | 0% | 1.0000 | 4.3127 (5) | 0.505 | 32 | 0.2000 | 0.719 | 0.7853 | 0.432 |
Mechanical ventilation (k = 5) | 2.3351 | 0.5907 | 3.9533 | <.001 | 1.1774 | 3.4928 | 0 (1.2263) | 0% | 1.0000 | 3.4275 (4) | 0.489 | 26 | 0.6000 | 0.233 | 1.2936 | 0.196 |