Table 2 Bivariate analysis between clinical variables and NSCs effect size.

From: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Neural Stem Cells therapy for experimental ischemia stroke in preclinical studies

Effect Size for Infarct Volume

Effect Size for mNSS

Correlations with

r

p

Correlations with

r

p

Time NSCs administered poststroke

−0.472

0.017

Time NSCs administered poststroke

−0.508

0.022

Use of immunosuppression

—

0.048

Use of immunosuppression

—

0.038

Type of NSC source (human <rat <mouse)

0.465

0.019

   
  1. Note: For the p value for effect was <0.05 and r >0.3, indicating that results for clinical variables had a certain correlation to effect size.