Review Article
The Role of Mean Platelet Volume as a Predictor of Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 3
Sensitivity analysis of possible heterogeneity studies.
| Reason of exclusion | Excluded studies | Number of studies | square (%) | SMD | (95% confidence interval) | value |
| Lowest mortality |
Kitazawa et al. [20] | 10 | 83.5 | 0.197 | (−0.020 to 0.414) | 0.076 | Highest mortality |
Gao et al. [22] | 10 | 82.6 | 0.114 | (−0.098 to 0.326) | 0.293 | Lowest and highest mortality |
Kitazawa et al. [20] | 9 | 83.4 | 0.139 | (−0.084 to 0.361) | 0.221 |
Gao et al. [22] | Small studies () |
Becchi et al. [18] | 9 | 83.5 | 0.241 | (0.023 to 0.030) | 0.030 |
Zampieri et al. [24] |
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