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. 2015 Nov 30;16:370. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0825-6

Table 3.

Meta-regression: the effect of impact factor, COI, Funding category, year, and sample size and on absolute values of effect size

Unadjusted Adjusted b
β P 95 % CI for β β P 95 % CI for β
Impact factor
−0.01 0.54 −0.04 to 0.02 0.004 0.81 −0.03 to 0.04
COI Category a
Reported none 0.13 0.52 −0.25 to 0.51 -0.14 0.51 −0.55 to 0.28
Reported some −0.24 0.42 −0.82 to 0.34 -0.21 0.46 −0.78 to 0.36
Funding Category a
Reported none 0.94 0.001 0.42 to 1.45 1.02 0.001 0.44 to 1.59
Reported some 0.05 0.76 −0.27 to 0.37 0.12 0.51 −0.24 to 0.48
Publication year
−0.05 0.31 −0.14 to 0.05 −0.05 0.31 −0.14 to 0.05
Sample size
−0.0004 0.20 −0.001 to 0.0002 −0.0004 0.20 −0.001 to 0.0003

acomparison: none reported

bfor other variables in the model