Table 2 Mean success rates, 95% confidence intervals, and heterogeneity statistics.

From: Success rate of proximal tooth-coloured direct restorations in primary teeth at 24 months: a meta-analysis

95% CI

 

k

p+

LL

UL

Q

I2

Retention

27

0.879

0.803

0.928

260.4977***

90.02

Marginal integrity

27

0.898

0.852

0.931

129.7594***

79.96

Anatomic form

24

0.901

0.845

0.938

103.8451***

77.85

Absence of recurrent caries

30

0.909

0.865

0.939

151.9184***

80.91

  1. k = number of studies. p+ = mean success rate. LL and UL: lower and upper limits of the 95% confidence interval for p+. Q = Cochran’s heterogeneity Qstatistic; Q statistic has k – 1 degrees of freedom. I2 = heterogeneity index. ***p < 0.0001.
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