A meta-analysis of clinical studies of statins for prevention of abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion Hisato Takagi, MD, PhD, Masafumi Matsui, MD, Takuya Umemoto, MD, PhD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages 1675-1681 (December 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.04.082 Copyright © 2010 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 A Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses (QUROM)12 flow diagram for the meta-analysis. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2010 52, 1675-1681DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2010.04.082) Copyright © 2010 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Forrest plot shows the standardized mean difference of abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion rates. CI, Confidence interval; IV, inverse variance; SE, standard error. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2010 52, 1675-1681DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2010.04.082) Copyright © 2010 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Leave-one-out meta-analysis. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2010 52, 1675-1681DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2010.04.082) Copyright © 2010 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Funnel plot shows the precision by the standardized mean difference. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2010 52, 1675-1681DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2010.04.082) Copyright © 2010 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions