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Fig. 2

From: Elevation of serum interleukin-1β levels as a potential indicator for malarial infection and severe malaria: a meta-analysis

Fig. 2

Forest plot demonstrating pooled MD of IL-1β levels (pg/mL) between patients with severe and uncomplicated malaria. Horizontal line (whiskers) encircling the square on both sides, CI; the squares’ centres and the values of the study’s effect sizes; green diamond, the overall effect size; the values of the overall effect size are indicated by the red vertical dashed line; vertical gray line with no effect on the overall composition (0); I2, H2, τb2, heterogeneity measures; under the green diamond: the test of I also known as the homogeneity test, is based on the Q statistic; the test of θ, the overall magnitude of the effect. CI confidence interval, Mean Diff. mean difference, SD standard deviation

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