Table 1 Results of pairwise meta-analyses
Variable | Number of comparisons | Heterogeneity test results | Meta-analysis results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q value | I2 value | SMD effect size (95% CI) | P value | |||
Type | AE | 20 | 78.14 | 77.0% | -0.36(-0.59, -0.12) | <0.01 |
MT | 14 | 68.12 | 80.9% | -0.24(-0.45, -0.03) | <0.01 | |
RT | 2 | 0.19 | 0.0% | -0.08(-0.36, 0.20) | = 0.557 | |
GT | 5 | 51.80 | 92.3% | -0.26(-0.71, 0.18) | = 0.240 | |
Age, y | <15 | 17 | 147.76 | 89.2% | -0.41(-0.63, -0.19) | P<0.01 |
≥ 15 | 11 | 29.66 | 66.3% | -0.24(-0.49, 0.01) | P = 0.062 | |
Healthy status | Healthy | 19 | 85.89 | 77.9% | -0.25(-0.41, -0.08) | P<0.01 |
Obesity | 6 | 2.94 | 0.0% | -0.15(-0.31, -0.00) | P<0.05 | |
Mental illness | 9 | 89.84 | 91.1% | -0.75(-1.32, -0.19) | P<0.01 | |
Session duration, min | 30 | 7 | 30.92 | 77.4% | -0.14(-0.81, -0.01) | P<0.05 |
40–50 | 13 | 35.24 | 63.1% | -0.17(-0,33, -0.02) | P<0.05 | |
60 | 7 | 15.19 | 60.5% | -0.13(-0.33, 0.07) | P = 0.200 | |
Program duration, wk | 6 | 5 | 23.32 | 82.8% | -0.37(-0.86, 0.12) | P = 0.137 |
8 | 5 | 38.76 | 89.7% | -0.65(-1.49, 0.18) | P = 0.124 | |
12 | 6 | 6.23 | 19.7% | -0.38(-0.56, -0.19) | P<0.01 | |
>12 | 14 | 110.62 | 88.2% | -0.23(-0.46, -0.00) | P<0.05 | |
Frequency, d/wk | 2 | 6 | 39.77 | 87.4% | -0.41(-0.85, 0.03) | P = 0.06 |
3 | 16 | 51.45 | 70.8% | -0.42(-0.66, -0.18) | P<0.01 | |
≥ 4 | 8 | 20.85 | 66.4% | -0.19(-0.40, 0.02) | P = 0.08 | |
overall | Â | Â | Â | Â | -0.28(-0.41, -0.14) | P<0.01 |