Table 3 Results of subgroup analysis
From: Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Shared characteristic | Subsets of participants | Number of studies | SMD | 95%CI | P-value | I2 | Cochran’s Q tests P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study design | Retrospective | 11 | 1.12 | 0.58 to 1.66 | < 0.001 | 98.1 | < 0.001 |
Prospective | 6 | 0.43 | 0.18 to 0.68 | 0.001 | 75.8 | 0.001 | |
Ethnicity | East Asian | 7 | 0.93 | 0.22 to 1.63 | 0.010 | 98.0 | < 0.001 |
Caucasian | 12 | 0.75 | 0.40 to 1.10 | < 0.001 | 95.7 | < 0.001 |