Fig. 1: Anatomy of a forest plot.
From: The 5 min meta-analysis: understanding how to read and interpret a forest plot
A Example of a continuous outcome measure: Intraocular pressure assessed with mean difference; B Example of a dichotomous outcome measure: Incidence of minor zonulolysis, at 1 year after surgery. Tau, the estimated standard deviation of underlying effects across studies (Tau2 is only displayed in the random model). Chi2, the value of Chi-square test for heterogeneity. Random, random model (an analysis model in meta-analysis).
