Identifying inconsistency in network meta-analysis: Is the net heat plot a reliable method?

Stat Med · 2019 · PMC6899484 · PMID 31647136

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did not reach statistical significancep=0.079so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Heterogeneity within designs was close to the threshold of 0.05 but did not reach statistical significance ( Q het =52.07, 39 df, p=0.079).

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