Full analysis

Forest plot

Funnel plot

Egger’s test

## [1] "No replication of infants across vaccines or significant vaccine effect, therefore combined test performed"
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## Regression Test for Funnel Plot Asymmetry
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## model:     mixed-effects meta-regression model
## predictor: standard error
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## test for funnel plot asymmetry: z = 0.6462, p = 0.5181

Meta-analysis output

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## Random-Effects Model (k = 5; tau^2 estimator: REML)
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##   logLik  deviance       AIC       BIC      AICc  
##   6.2926  -12.5851   -8.5851   -9.8126    3.4149  
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## tau^2 (estimated amount of total heterogeneity): 0 (SE = 0.0008)
## tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):      0
## I^2 (total heterogeneity / total variability):   0.00%
## H^2 (total variability / sampling variability):  1.00
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## Test for Heterogeneity: 
## Q(df = 4) = 2.0666, p-val = 0.7235
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## Model Results:
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## estimate      se    zval    pval    ci.lb   ci.ub   
##   0.0117  0.0114  1.0223  0.3067  -0.0107  0.0340   
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## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

Meta-regression output

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## Mixed-Effects Model (k = 5; tau^2 estimator: REML)
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## tau^2 (estimated amount of residual heterogeneity):     0 (SE = 0.0008)
## tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):             0
## I^2 (residual heterogeneity / unaccounted variability): 0.00%
## H^2 (unaccounted variability / sampling variability):   1.00
## R^2 (amount of heterogeneity accounted for):            NA%
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## Test for Residual Heterogeneity: 
## QE(df = 3) = 1.0419, p-val = 0.7911
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## Test of Moderators (coefficient(s) 2): 
## QM(df = 1) = 1.0247, p-val = 0.3114
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## Model Results:
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##               estimate      se     zval    pval    ci.lb   ci.ub   
## intrcpt         0.1913  0.1778   1.0758  0.2820  -0.1572  0.5399   
## VaccinePolio   -0.1804  0.1782  -1.0123  0.3114  -0.5297  0.1689   
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## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

Intervention-specific outputs

Summary of cholera studies

## [1] "Insufficient studies (n<2)"

Summary of rotavirus studies

## [1] "Insufficient studies (n<2)"

Summary of PV3 studies

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## Random-Effects Model (k = 4; tau^2 estimator: REML)
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##   logLik  deviance       AIC       BIC      AICc  
##   5.8875  -11.7750   -7.7750   -9.5778    4.2250  
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## tau^2 (estimated amount of total heterogeneity): 0 (SE = 0.0008)
## tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):      0
## I^2 (total heterogeneity / total variability):   0.00%
## H^2 (total variability / sampling variability):  1.00
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## Test for Heterogeneity: 
## Q(df = 3) = 1.0419, p-val = 0.7911
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## Model Results:
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## estimate      se    zval    pval    ci.lb   ci.ub   
##   0.0109  0.0114  0.9552  0.3395  -0.0115  0.0334   
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## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

Meta-regression: secondary moderators

Age group

## [1] "Residual heterogeneity not significant (p>0.05)"

Income setting

## [1] "Residual heterogeneity not significant (p>0.05)"

Background immunogenicity (seroconversion rate in the control group)

## [1] "Residual heterogeneity not significant (p>0.05)"

OPV-specific analysis

Forest plot

Funnel plot

Egger’s test

Infants replicated across vaccines, therefore separate tests performed

## [1] "OPV1:"
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## Regression Test for Funnel Plot Asymmetry
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## model:     mixed-effects meta-regression model
## predictor: standard error
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## test for funnel plot asymmetry: z = 0.2728, p = 0.7850
## [1] "OPV2:"
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## Regression Test for Funnel Plot Asymmetry
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## model:     mixed-effects meta-regression model
## predictor: standard error
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## test for funnel plot asymmetry: z = -0.8915, p = 0.3727
## [1] "OPV3:"
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## Regression Test for Funnel Plot Asymmetry
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## model:     mixed-effects meta-regression model
## predictor: standard error
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## test for funnel plot asymmetry: z = 0.0640, p = 0.9490

Meta-analysis output

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## Multivariate Meta-Analysis Model (k = 12; method: REML)
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##   logLik  Deviance       AIC       BIC      AICc  
##  20.3740  -40.7480  -36.7480  -35.9522  -35.2480  
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## Variance Components: 
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##             estim    sqrt  nlvls  fixed     factor
## sigma^2    0.0000  0.0000      4     no  Reference
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## Test for Heterogeneity: 
## Q(df = 11) = 10.6488, p-val = 0.4731
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## Model Results:
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## estimate      se    zval    pval    ci.lb   ci.ub   
##   0.0016  0.0059  0.2637  0.7920  -0.0100  0.0132   
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## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

Meta-regression output

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## Multivariate Meta-Analysis Model (k = 12; method: REML)
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## Variance Components: 
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##             estim    sqrt  nlvls  fixed     factor
## sigma^2    0.0000  0.0000      4     no  Reference
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## Test for Residual Heterogeneity: 
## QE(df = 9) = 9.7130, p-val = 0.3742
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## Test of Moderators (coefficient(s) 2:3): 
## QM(df = 2) = 0.9358, p-val = 0.6263
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## Model Results:
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##                         estimate      se     zval    pval    ci.lb   ci.ub
## intrcpt                  -0.0037  0.0147  -0.2529  0.8004  -0.0324  0.0250
## Measure_of_SCOPV2 N-AB    0.0024  0.0166   0.1425  0.8867  -0.0302  0.0350
## Measure_of_SCOPV3 N-AB    0.0146  0.0186   0.7869  0.4313  -0.0218  0.0511
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## intrcpt                  
## Measure_of_SCOPV2 N-AB   
## Measure_of_SCOPV3 N-AB   
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## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

Serotype-specific outputs

Summary of PV1 studies

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## Random-Effects Model (k = 4; tau^2 estimator: REML)
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##   logLik  deviance       AIC       BIC      AICc  
##   3.0671   -6.1343   -2.1343   -3.9370    9.8657  
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## tau^2 (estimated amount of total heterogeneity): 0.0039 (SE = 0.0050)
## tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):      0.0625
## I^2 (total heterogeneity / total variability):   74.21%
## H^2 (total variability / sampling variability):  3.88
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## Test for Heterogeneity: 
## Q(df = 3) = 7.5597, p-val = 0.0560
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## Model Results:
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## estimate      se    zval    pval    ci.lb   ci.ub   
##   0.0157  0.0397  0.3959  0.6922  -0.0621  0.0935   
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## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

Summary of PV2 studies

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## Random-Effects Model (k = 4; tau^2 estimator: REML)
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##   logLik  deviance       AIC       BIC      AICc  
##   6.8208  -13.6416   -9.6416  -11.4444    2.3584  
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## tau^2 (estimated amount of total heterogeneity): 0 (SE = 0.0004)
## tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):      0
## I^2 (total heterogeneity / total variability):   0.00%
## H^2 (total variability / sampling variability):  1.00
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## Test for Heterogeneity: 
## Q(df = 3) = 1.1113, p-val = 0.7743
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## Model Results:
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## estimate      se     zval    pval    ci.lb   ci.ub   
##  -0.0013  0.0078  -0.1704  0.8647  -0.0167  0.0140   
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## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

Summary of PV3 studies

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## Random-Effects Model (k = 4; tau^2 estimator: REML)
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##   logLik  deviance       AIC       BIC      AICc  
##   5.8875  -11.7750   -7.7750   -9.5778    4.2250  
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## tau^2 (estimated amount of total heterogeneity): 0 (SE = 0.0008)
## tau (square root of estimated tau^2 value):      0
## I^2 (total heterogeneity / total variability):   0.00%
## H^2 (total variability / sampling variability):  1.00
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## Test for Heterogeneity: 
## Q(df = 3) = 1.0419, p-val = 0.7911
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## Model Results:
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## estimate      se    zval    pval    ci.lb   ci.ub   
##   0.0109  0.0114  0.9552  0.3395  -0.0115  0.0334   
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## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1