Chapter 3 86 study precision (i.e., the inverse of the standard error) was then correlated with the standardized effect (i.e., the effect size divided by its standard error) in the Egger’s test of intercept. The third index was determined by a trim and fill analysis, which was used to estimate effect sizes after correcting for publication bias [70]. Guidelines from the PRISMA statement on transparent reporting of meta-analyses were used [71].
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