Heterogeneity could be about Patients (sometimes called "clinical heterogeneity"), and could be focused on the results (sometimes called "statistical heterogeneity"). Greater the statistical heterogeneity, in general, the weaker the inferences about the estimates of effect overall. By contrast, the greater the clinical heterogeneity, in general, the greater the generalizability of the overall results. このように、異質性の種類によって、系統的レビューのエビデンスがもたらす影響は異なる。(Crowther MA, McMaster Univ. Hematology 2007: 493-497)
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