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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Medical Research Synthesis

Background:

  • Multiple meta-analyses on the same topic may yield conflicting results.
  • Lack of statistical methods hinders interpretation of discordant meta-analytic findings.
  • Synthesizing results from multiple meta-analyses is crucial for robust scientific conclusions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a statistical method for synthesizing results from multiple meta-analyses.
  • To address the challenge of combining meta-analyses with different effect size metrics.
  • To provide a reliable method for obtaining an overall effect estimate from diverse meta-analyses.

Main Methods:

  • Introduced a method to synthesize meta-analytic results with identical effect size metrics.
  • Proposed a two-step frequentist procedure to convert and summarize different effect size metrics.
  • Employed a weighted mean estimation for combining converted effect sizes.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method successfully synthesizes meta-analytic results, accommodating various effect size metrics.
  • The method yields an overall effect size equivalent to a meta-analysis of all individual studies.
  • Demonstrated application through two illustrative examples.

Conclusions:

  • The developed statistical method enhances the synthesis of findings from multiple meta-analyses.
  • This approach offers advantages over existing methods by handling diverse effect size metrics.
  • The findings have significant implications for improving the interpretation and reliability of meta-analysis.