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Table 2 Facial alveolar bone thickness at CI, LI, C, 1PM and 2PM at different points from FBC and CEJ

From: Facial alveolar bone thickness and modifying factors of anterior maxillary teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cone-beam computed tomography studies

Tooth type

N (teeth number)

Reference point

WM

SE

95% CI

I2

QH (p-value)

Egger (p-value)

Certainty of the evidence (grade)

FAB thickness from FBCFAB thickness from FBC

CI

14 (3038)

1 mm

0.90

0.06

0.78–1.01

99.30%

 < 0.001***

0.332

LOW

7 (1369)

3 mm

0.98

0.11

0.77–1.19

99.30%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

8 (1654)

5 mm

0.86

0.08

0.70–1.01

98.80%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

13 (2721)

1 mm

0.89

0.06

0.77–1.00

98.90%

 < 0.001***

0.494

MODERATE

LI

6 (957)

3 mm

1.03

0.15

0.74–1.32

99.30%

 < 0.001***

MODERAT

7 (1266)

5 mm

0.75

0.11

0.54–0.96

99.10%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

C

9 (1652)

1 mm

0.91

0.07

0.78–1.05

98.70%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

6 (1006)

3 mm

1.05

0.12

0.81–1.29

98.80%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

6 (1150)

5 mm

0.84

0.11

0.62–1.05

98.80%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

4 (491)

1 mm

1.17

0.1

0.98–1.38

95.30%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

1PM

3 (461)

3 mm

1.26

0.26

0.76–1.76

98.80%

 < 0.001***

LOW

3 (432)

5 mm

1.09

0.22

0.65–1.52

98.50%

 < 0.001***

LOW

2PM

4 (534)

1 mm

1.57

0.07

1.42–1.71

83.80%

0.002**

MODERATE

3 (508)

3 mm

1.96

0.29

1.38–2.53

98.30%

0.004**

LOW

3 (508)

5 mm

1.82

0.34

1.15–2.49

98.60%

 < 0.001***

LOW

FAB thickness from CEJ

CI

7 (1618)

4 mm

0.79

0.09

0.61–0.97

99.40%

 < 0.001***

LOW

4 (769)

6 mm

0.9

0.09

0.71–1.09

99.00%

 < 0.001***

LOW

7 (1847)

middle root

0.8

0.05

0.70–0.89

97.60%

 < 0.001***

LOW

7 (1606)

4 mm

0.76

0.08

0.60–0.92

98.80%

 < 0.001***

LOW

LI

3 (423)

6 mm

0.79

0.07

0.65–0.93

95.80%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

6 (1562)

middle root

0.65

0.04

0.56–0.73

96.40%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

C

7 (1544)

4 mm

0.7

0.09

0.53–0.87

98.70%

 < 0.001***

LOW

3 (368)

6 mm

0.72

0.09

0.55–0.89

96.50%

 < 0.001***

LOW

6 (1555)

middle root

0.65

0.04

0.58–0.73

92.90%

 < 0.001***

MODERATE

1PM

3 (744)

4 mm

1.04

0.15

0.74–1.33

97.90%

 < 0.001***

LOW

2 (680)

middle root

0.97

0.24

0.51–1.43

98.50%

 < 0.001***

LOW

2PM

2 (664)

4 mm

1.53

0.18

1.17–1.88

95.00%

 < 0.001***

LOW

  1. N study number, WM weighted mean, SE standard error, I2 I-squared, CI confidence interval, QH Cochran’s QI2
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 (Strength of statistical significance)