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. 2016 May 12;11(5):e0155439. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155439

Table 2. Results of univariate meta-regression1.

Variable Category 1 Category 2 Point Standard 95% CI Z τ2
(k, N)2 (k, N) estimate error
Country USA = 0 Other = 1 -.132 .115 -.358; .094 -1.147 .624
(37, 22681) (6, 3662)
Year of publication 1994–2014 .034 .024 -.013; .080 1.420 .626
(43, 26343)
Clinical cut-offs 4–70 -.001 .007 -.014; .014 -.001 .634
(43, 26343)
Sample size3 33–5000 -.001 .001 -.001; -.000 -3.835*** .407
(43, 26343)
M Age, years 18–30 -.019 .023 -.064; .026 -.821 .610
(40, 25670)
Female% 37–100 .015 .010 -.004; .034 1.570 .630
(43, 17044)
Male% 0–63 -.015 .010 -.034; .004 -1.571 .630
(43, 9299)
White/Caucasian% 0–94 -.002 .004 -.010; .006 -.530 .631
(37,17940)
Black/African% 0–37.1 -.005 .014 -.033; .023 -.352 .632
(36, 2028)
Hispanic/Latin% 0–14 .025 .032 -.038; .088 .768 .635
(36, 1001)
Asian%3 0–100 -.018 .007 -.032; .005 -2.61** .601
(36, 2292)
Other%3 0–100 .018 .007 .003; .032 2.42* .564
(36, 3082)

Note.

* p < .05

** p < .01

*** p < .001

1 Results from Mixed effects regression (Method of Moments)

2 Significant (p < .05) results shown in bold

3 k = number of studies; N = total sample size