Table 5 Results of publication bias for the effects of psyllium on FBS, HbA1c, HOMA IR, and insulin according to intervention
variable | Corrected effect size | Begg | Egger | Fail safe n test | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study trimmed | WMD | CI 95% | KENDALL TAU | Z value | P-value 2 tailed | intercept | CI95% | T value | Df | P-value | n | |
FBS | 0 | -6.89 | -10.62, -3.16 | -0.26 | 1.60 | 0.10 | -0.89 | -2.30, 0.51 | 1.33 | 17.00 | 0.19 | 320.00 |
Insulin | 0 | -2.08 | -4.21, 0.03 | -0.17 | 0.62 | 0.53 | -1.27 | -4.67, 2.12 | 0.88 | 7.00 | 0.40 | 34.00 |
HbA1c | 0 | -0.75 | -1.21, -0.29 | -0.13 | 0.52 | 0.60 | -1.61 | -4.25, 1.02 | 1.44 | 7.00 | 0.19 | 78.00 |
HOMA IR | 0 | -1.17 | -2.11, -0.23 | -0.37 | 1.23 | 0.21 | -2.15 | -6.28, 1.96 | 1.27 | 6.00 | 0.24 | 73.00 |