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Table 2 Secondary outcomes

From: Extracellular vesicles for acute kidney injury in preclinical rodent models: a meta-analysis

Outcomes

Number of studies

Std. mean difference (95%CI)

Test for effect (P value)

Heterogeneity, I2 (P value)

TUNEL

10 [20, 24, 30, 31, 34, 36, 38,39,40, 45]

− 6.25 (− 8.10, − 4.39)

< 0.01

87% (< 0.01)

Injury score

6 [21, 23, 30, 31, 33, 37]

− 3.90 (− 5.26, − 2.53)

< 0.01

54% (0.05)

IL-10

3 [20, 24, 38]

2.10 (1.18, 3.02)

< 0.01

68% (0.04)

TNF-α

3 [20, 35, 38]

− 2.65 (− 4.98, − 0.32)

0.03

95% (< 0.01)

  1. Abbreviations: IL interleukin, TNF tumour necrosis factor