Research Article

The Covariance Adjustment Approaches for Combining Incomparable Cox Regressions Caused by Unbalanced Covariates Adjustment: A Multivariate Meta-Analysis Study

Table 1

Bias, SD, and MSE of each beta coefficient in different model for different number of studies ().

Coef.ZCCCECMMC
BiasSDMSEBiasSDMSEBiasSDMSEBiasSDMSE

200.0560.046 0.0050.0380.0340.0030.0500.0390.0040.0230.0210.001
0.0990.0770.0160.0880.0740.0130.0880.0770.0140.0700.0720.010
0.0500.0330.0040.0310.0260.0020.0420.0260.0020.0200.0160.001
0.0990.0990.0190.0890.0860.0150.0890.0990.0180.0450.0720.011
0.0900.1790.0410.0500.1740.0330.0720.1780.0370.0400.1550.030

250.0710.0290.0060.0460.0270.0030.0490.0280.0030.0320.0190.001
0.0820.0830.0140.0690.0720.0090.0720.0690.0100.0520.0570.006
0.0850.0290.0080.0620.0190.0040.0660.0230.0050.0390.0110.002
0.0960.0720.0150.0720.0630.0090.0800.0640.0100.0560.0560.006
0.0630.1980.0430.0540.1590.0280.0660.1640.0310.0410.1470.023

300.0640.0300.0050.0380.0250.0020.0340.0260.0020.0220.0180.001
0.0760.0640.0090.0690.0630.0090.0740.0610.0090.0680.0600.008
0.0540.0190.0030.0360.0180.0020.0380.0170.0020.0220.0150.001
0.0920.0760.0140.0860.0720.0130.0920.0680.0130.0790.0660.011
0.0490.1480.0240.0340.1460.0220.0350.1470.0230.0300.1440.022

350.0550.0260.040.0430.0210.0020.0320.0170.0010.0220.0140.001
0.0790.0620.0100.0650.0510.0070.0640.0500.0070.0620.0440.006
0.0500.0180.0030.0390.0160.0020.0350.0140.0010.0330.0120.001
0.0810.0570.0090.0750.0520.0080.0710.0530.0080.0660.0510.007
0.0420.1190.0160.0310.1160.0140.0420.1130.0140.0330.1060.012

400.0690.0260.0050.0380.0220.0020.0340.0210.0020.0230.0160.001
0.0890.0690.0130.0760.0520.0080.0690.0450.0070.0520.0490.005
0.0850.0170.0080.0490.0160.0030.0370.0150.0020.0290.0130.001
0.0980.0640.0140.0770.0650.0100.0740.0640.0090.0660.0640.008
0.0490.1410.0220.0490.1340.0200.0470.1340.0200.0360.1320.019

450.0610.0260.0040.0390.0230.0020.0350.0210.0020.0290.0210.001
0.0760.0730.0110.0510.0540.0060.0410.0530.0040.0220.0330.002
0.0730.0190.0060.0470.0180.0020.0330.0160.0010.0220.0130.001
0.0860.0820.0140.0770.0520.0090.0710.0450.0070.0470.0360.003
0.0620.1280.0200.0410.1230.0170.0420.1210.0160.0180.1130.013

The bias, SD, and MSE for MMC procedure in different coefficients are highlighted by bold font.