Table 8Methods characteristics in Frequentist mixed treatment comparisons

Characteristicn/N (%)
Weighting of studies
 Inverse variance1/9 (11.1)
 Not reported8/9 (88.9)
Adjustment for covariates2/9 (22.2)
Raw data published8/9 (88.9)
 Manuscript5/8 (62.5)
 Online supplement3/8 (37.5)
Heterogeneity assessed in traditional meta-analysis4/8 (50.0)
 I22/4 (50.0)
 Cochrane-Q statistic and I21/4 (25.0)
 Riley Day test1/4 (25.0)
Heterogeneity assessed in network meta-analysis2/9 (22.2)
 Tau21/2 (50.0)
 Covariance and SE1/2 (50.0)
Inconsistency evaluation8/9 (88.9)
 Comparison to traditional or prior meta-analysis5/8 (62.5)
 Incoherence statistic2/8 (25.0)
 T-test1/8 (12.5)

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