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Table 3 Calculated data extracted from the included studies to assess heterogeneity in the meta-analysis searching for an association between T. gondii and diabetes mellitus using both fixed and random effect models

From: The association between Toxoplasma gondii and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of human case-control studies

Model

Effect size and 95% interval

Test of null (two-tail)

Heterogeneity

Number of studies

Point estimate

Lower limit

Upper limit

Z value

p value

Q value

df (Q)

p value

I2 (%, 95% CI)

Fixed

10

2.57

2.22

2.99

12.40

< 0.001

38.566

9

< 0.0001

76.66 (56.96–87.35)

Random

10

2.32

1.66

3.24

4.92

< 0.001