Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on Androgens versus Erythropoietin for Anaemia of Chronic Kidney Disease: Implications for Developing Countries

Table 4

Change in blood pressure requiring adjustment of antihypertensives.

Study or subgroup	Androgen		Erythropoietin			Mean difference	Mean difference
	Events	Total	Events	Total	Weight	M-H, random, 95% CI	M-H, random, 95% CI
Aggarwal et al. [6]	0	15	3	15	33.8%	0.14 [0.01, 2.55]
Navarro et al. [4]	1	13	4	14	66.2%	0.27 [0.03, 2.11]
Total (95% CI)		28		29	100.0%	0.22 [0.04, 1.16]
Total events	1		7
Heterogeneity: tau^2 = 0.00; chi^2 = 0.13; df = 1 (P = 0.72); 𝐼^2 = 0%.
Test for overall effect: Z = 1.79 (P = 0.07).