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. 2023 Jul 29;9(8):e18646. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18646

Table 3.

Results of the meta-regression analysis.

Coefficient SE Z value P value 95% CI
Apoptotic cells
⁃Intervention period (Reference >90 days)
 ✓30–90 days 1.302 1.820 0.716 0.474 −2.264–4.869
⁃Animal species (Reference mice)
 ✓Rats −4.282 1.858 −2.305 0.021 −7.924–−0.641
 ✓Others 0.518 2.472 0.209 0.834 −4.328–5.363
⁃Sample source (Reference brain)
 ✓Kidney 5.084 2.886 1.761 0.078 −0.573–10.741
 ✓Liver 1.338 2.707 0.494 0.621 −3.968–6.644
 ✓Others 2.142 2.603 0.823 0.411 −2.960–7.243
Bax
Intervention period (Reference <30 days)
 ✓30–90 days −0.800 2.578 −0.310 0.756 −5.853–4.253
 ✓> 90 days −4.971 2.778 −1.789 0.074 −10.416–0.475
⁃Animal species(Reference mice)
 ✓Rats −4.598 2.179 −2.110 0.035 −8.868–−0.328
 ✓Others −0.984 2.226 −0.442 0.658 −5.346–3.379
⁃Sample source (Reference brain)
 ✓Kidney 3.785 2.993 1.264 0.206 −2.082–9.651
 ✓Others 1.588 2.499 0.635 0.525 −3.311–6.486
Bcl-2
⁃Intervention period (Reference <30 days)
 ✓30–90 days −0.865 1.941 −0.446 0.656 −4.668–2.939
 ✓> 90 days −1.144 2.050 −0.558 0.577 −5.163–2.875
⁃Animal species(Reference mice)
 ✓Rats 2.812 1.244 2.261 0.024 0.374–5.250
 ✓Others 1.309 1.380 0.948 0.343 −1.396–4.013
⁃Sample source (Reference brain)
 ✓Kidney −1.666 1.988 −0.838 0.402 −5.563–2.231
 ✓Liver 0.498 2.160 0.231 0.818 −3.736–4.732
 ✓Others 0.940 1.528 0.615 0.538 −2.054–3.934
Caspase-3
⁃Intervention period (Reference <30 days)
 ✓30–90 days 1.968 2.665 0.739 0.460 −3.255–7.192
 ✓> 90 days 4.344 3.436 1.264 0.206 −2.391–11.078
⁃Animal species(Reference mice)
 ✓Rats 3.444 2.213 −1.556 0.120 −7.782–0.895
 ✓Others −4.054 2.230 −1.818 0.069 −8.424–0.316
⁃Sample source (Reference Kidney)
 ✓Liver 0.799 2.692 0.297 0.767 −4.477–6.075
 ✓Others 1.541 2.334 0.660 0.509 −3.034–6.116
Cytochrome c
⁃Intervention period (Reference <30 days)
 ✓30–90 days 2.272 1.481 1.534 0.125 −0.630–5.174
 ✓> 90 days 0.248 1.687 0.147 0.883 −3.058–3.555
⁃Animal species(Reference mice)
 ✓Rats −1.417 1.537 −0.922 0.357 −4.430–1.596
 ✓Others −2.931 1.315 −2.229 0.026 −5.508–−0.354
⁃Sample source (Reference kidney)
 ✓Liver 0.147 1.866 0.079 0.937 −3.511–3.805
 ✓Others 1.641 1.776 0.924 0.355 −1.840–5.122