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. 2014 Dec;6(6):372–381.

Table 3.

Heterogeneity for meta-analyses of prevalence

	Fixedeffects model				Heterogeneity	Randomeffects model
Age group	Q	I²(%)	Q/df	P value	Heterogeneity	Q_v	I²_v	Q/df	P value
1-5	12.03	83.38	6.02	0.0024^*	substantial	1.75	0	0.88	0.4160
6-10	10.54	62.06	2.64	0.032^*	substantial	5.31	24.66	1.33	0.257
11-15	18.26	72.61	3.65	0.002^*	substantial	3.57	0	0.71	0.613
16-20	3.99	0	0.50	0.8579	non-significant	10.97	27.06	1.37	0.2035
21-25	11.84	7.08	1.08	0.376	non-significant	10.77	0	0.98	0.463
26-30	3.85	0	0.43	0.921	non-significant	10.78	16.52	1.20	0.290
31-40	3.97	0	0.57	0.783	non-significant	-18.85	100	-2.69	1
>40	0.74	0	0.19	0.995	non-significant	1.31	0	0.33	0.859

df=degrees of freedom.

^*

significant P-value ≤ 0.10