Figure 2. Meta-analysis of All-cause Mortality in the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Trials

Chart displaying Forest plots to show odds ratios (ORs) in association with all-cause mortality results in 3 trials. Go to Text Description [D] for details.

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MASS= Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study; OR= odds ratio.
* Age-standardized numbers were used for the Western Australia trial because of an early age imbalance that was subsequently corrected.

Reference: Norman PE, Le M, Jamrozik K. Re: Questions about AAA screening trial. BMJ Online Rapid Responses 9 December, 2004. Accessed at www.bmj.com on 14 December, 2004.

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