Fig. 3From: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis and systematic reviewTrial sequential analysis for the 9 studies providing the calculation of correlativity between DM and IPF. The diversity-adjusted required information size (RIS) was 47,415 patients, with α = 5% (two-side), power of 80%, relative risk reduction of 35% and incidence of 3% in the control arm. The cumulative Z curve got across both the conventional boundary (green line) and the trial sequential monitoring boundary (blue line), indicating that the information size was sufficient and the outcome was reliableBack to article page