The Effect of Teriparatide on Fracture Healing of Osteoporotic Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 3

Sensitivity analyses based on various exclusion criteria for fracture healing time.

Excluded trial	Number of trials	Number of patients	EG	CG	MD (95% CI)	value for MD	, %	value for heterogeneity
Aspenberg et al. 2010 [31]	2 [30, 35]	79	28	51	−6.24 [−7.20, −5.29]	<0.000001	0	0.7
Song et al. 2012 [35]	2 [30, 31]	147	76	71	−3.60 [−8.70, 1.49]	0.17	98	<0.000001
Peichl et al. 2011 [30]	2 [31, 35]	96	62	34	−3.66 [−9.59, 2.27]	0.23	86	0.008

EG, experimental group; CG, control group.