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Table 3 Primary outcomes of interest based on time of patients’ enrollment

From: Serious adverse events and 30-day hospital readmission rate following elective total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Number of studies (Refs)

Sample size

Pooled estimate of effect size (%)

95% CI

Heterogeneity (%)

χ2

test

AE rate, before 2010

12

7,173,611

6.5

4.6−8.2

100

p < 0.001

AE rate, from 2010 on

6

639,613

4.7

1.7–9.0

100

30-dRR, before 2010

6

3,364,870

5.4

3.8−7.3

100

p < 0.001

30-dRR, from 2010 on

7

605,587

4.3

3.2−5.6

100