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Fig. 2

From: The respiratory microbiota alpha-diversity in chronic lung diseases: first systematic review and meta-analysis

Fig. 2

Forest plot summarizing results from the random-effects meta-analysis model. A summary by type of sample, by disease and for all the studies is estimated by assuming the random effects model when data are available for at least two comparable studies. Values to the right of the vertical axis (positive values) indicate that the diversity of the control group (the healthiest group in each comparison) is greater than that of the case group. Conversely, values to the left of the vertical axis (negative values) indicate that the diversity of the control group is lower than that of the case group. When a confidence interval crosses the vertical axis, the standardized difference between the mean value of control diversity and the mean value of case diversity is not significant for the given study

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Respiratory Research

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