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Table 5 Results of day 7 healing rate estimation for ACV and IDU with non-linear-mixed effect (NLME) model

From: A systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the efficacy of acyclovir 3% ophthalmic ointment to idoxuridine in curing herpetic keratitis by Day 7 of treatment

Group

# of Articles included

Total number of Subjects

 

point estimate(95% confidence interval)

ACV

IDU

Scale

ACV

IDU

Herpetic keratitis

7

214

218

Odds

3.70 (2.02, 6.78)

0.89 (0.51, 1.55)

Log Odds

1.31 (0.70, 1.91)

−0.12 (−0.68, 0.44)

Healing Rate

0.79 (0.67, 0.87)

0.47 (0.34, 0.61)

Dendritic ulcers

4

94

91

Odds

6.63 (1.43, 30.71)

1.26 (0.32, 4.98)

Log Odds

1.89 (0.36, 3.42)

0.23 (−1.15, 1.60)

Healing Rate

0.87 (0.59, 0.97)

0.56 (0.24, 0.83)

Geographic ulcers

3

13

22

Odds

1.17 (0.11, 12.78)

0.22 (0.02, 2.40)

Log Odds

0.15 (−2.24, 2.55)

−1.50 (−3.88, 0.87)

Healing Rate

0.54 (0.10, 0.93)

0.18 (0.02, 0.71)

Sensitivity Analysis (without data from [22])

Herpetic keratitis

6

184

189

Odds

3.12 (1.55, 6.30)

1.06 (0.55, 2.05)

Log Odds

1.14 (0.44, 1.84)

0.06 (−0.61, 0.72)

Healing Rate

0.76 (0.61, 0.86)

0.51 (0.35, 0.67)

Dendritic ulcers

3

64

62

Odds

4.08 (0.43, 38.79)

2.50 (0.29, 21.88)

Log Odds

1.41 (−0.84, 3.66)

0.92 (-1.25, 3.09)

Healing Rate

0.80 (0.30, 0.97)

0.71 (0.22, 0.96)