Requirements for transfusion and postoperative outcomes in orthotopic liver transplantation: A meta-analysis on aprotinin

Table 3B Odds ratios of the postoperative outcomes

		Heterogeneity of ORi		OR	χ2 test		95% CI
		Q	P		χ2	P
Death	A	3.32	0.51	0.69	0.48	> 0.05	0.32-1.52
	B	2.21	0.53	0.85	0.06	> 0.05	0.36-2.00
Laparotomy for bleeding	A	4.09	0.39	0.65	0.44	> 0.05	0.29-1.43
	B	3.94	0.27	0.59	0.57	> 0.05	0.25-1.41
Thrombotic events	A	0.08	0.96	0.42	2.33	> 0.05	0.14-1.30
	B	0.02	0.88	0.38	1.75	> 0.05	0.09-1.64

A: Total results; B: Results with study No. 4 excluded.