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. 2023 Jul 31;23:175. doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-01980-y

Table 2.

Linear regression results of PRISMA statement and AMSTAR-2

Category Number of "yes" in PRISMA/AMSTAR-2 rating Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
Coefficient (95% CI) Coefficient (95% CI) Adjusted R2 VIF
IF Number of "yes" in PRISMA -0.050,0.135
AMSTAR-2 rating -0.047,0.005
Number of authors Number of "yes" in PRISMA -0.057,0.118
AMSTAR-2 rating -0.035,0.015
Number of institutions Number of "yes" in PRISMA -0.076,0.205
AMSTAR-2 rating -0.038,0.043
Number of included studies Number of "yes" in PRISMA -0.018,0.000 -0.019,-0.001 0.142a 1.013
AMSTAR-2 rating -0.006,0.000 -0.006,-0.001 0.192b 1.001
International collaborations Number of "yes" in PRISMA -0.141,4.031
AMSTAR-2 rating -0.447,0.783
Funding Number of "yes" in PRISMA 0.710,5.842 1.105,6.095 0.142 a 1.013
AMSTAR-2 -0.272,1.259
Registration Number of "yes" in PRISMA -2.395,2.997
AMSTAR-2 rating 0.386,1.832 0.448,1.832 0.192 b 1.001
PRISMA statement Number of "yes" in PRISMA -0.857,4.166
AMSTAR-2 rating -0.843,0.620

CI Confidence interval, VIF Variance inflation factor

Bolded parts indicate that they are statistically different

a Number of included studies" and "Funding" explained for 14.2% of the variation in "Number of ' yes' in PRISMA"

b Number of included studies" and " Registration" explained for 19.2% of the variation in "AMSTAR-2 rating"