Table 5.

Random-effects meta-regression results.

	Stage-constant FPR			Stage-specific FPR												CC incidence rate (per 1,000 PYs)
Factor	F0→F4			F0→F1			F1→F2			F2→F3			F3→F4
	β	SE	p	β	SE	p	β	SE	p	β	SE	p	β	SE	P	β	SE	p
Age at infection	0.011	0.006	0.111	−0.012	0.024	0.704	0.017	0.028	0.654	−0.038	0.085	0.733	−0.182	0.192	0.517	1.487	1.526	0.362
Duration of infection	−0.003	0.002	0.114	−0.007	0.006	0.437	0.002	0.008	0.808	−0.021	0.020	0.485	−0.055	0.044	0.430	0.213	0.577	0.723
Males (%)	0.128	0.079	0.154	−0.398	0.321	0.432	0.626	−0.407	0.367	0.172	1.170	0.907	−3.310	2.356	0.394	−4.003	23.012	0.867
Recruitment location
non-clinical setting		(ref. cat.)			(ref. cat.)			(ref. cat.)			(ref. cat.)			(ref. cat.)			(ref. cat.)
Clinical setting	−0.022	0.014	0.161	0.059	0.060	0.504	−0.004	0.059	0.959	0.056	0.330	0.894	0.280	0.490	0.670	−2.678	4.901	0.602
Constant	−0.140	0.150	0.386	0.755	0.763	0.503	−0.787	0.894	0.541	1.053	2.438	0.741	7.157	6.077	0.448	−21.622	46.591	0.657
No. of reports		11			6			6			6			6			12