A Primer on Network Meta-Analysis for Dental Research

Table 2

Results from a hypothetic study with two treatment groups. The outcome is the mean clinical attachment level (CAL) and the standard deviation in brackets.

CAL	Baseline	Followup at 12 months	Change
Test	10.5 (1.9)	6.2 (1.5)	4.3 (1.3)
Control	10.3 (1.8)	8.4 (1.6)	1.9 (1.1)