Table 10.
Results of Begg and Egger's tests
|
Outcome |
No. of studies |
Begg’s test |
Egger’s test |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z | P-value | Kendall’s tau | P-value | ||
| BMI |
10 |
-2.9174 |
0.0035 |
-0.0222 |
1.0000 |
| SBP |
5 |
-1.3229 |
0.1859 |
-0.2000 |
0.1867 |
| DBP |
5 |
-1.5941 |
0.1109 |
-0.4000 |
0.4833 |
| FPG |
14 |
-2.2496 |
0.0245 |
-0.4286 |
0.0356 |
| HbA1c |
13 |
-0.9014 |
0.3673 |
-0.2308 |
0.3062 |
| PPBS |
11 |
-2.2267 |
0.0260 |
-0.4182 |
0.0866 |
| TC |
9 |
-0.8218 |
0.4112 |
-0.0556 |
0.9195 |
| HDL |
9 |
2.2070 |
0.0273 |
0.5000 |
0.0752 |
| LDL |
6 |
-1.1076 |
0.2680 |
-0.3333 |
0.4694 |
| TG |
9 |
0.8232 |
0.04104 |
0.2778 |
0.3585 |
| FINS | 10 | -0.8661 | 0.3864 | -0.2444 | 0.3807 |