Table 6. Publication bias assessment of adiponectin association outcomes with diabetic nephropathy.

		Egger regression asymmetry test		Begg-Mazumdar correlation test
	n	Intercept	P-value	Kendall'sτ	P-value
NO v MI	10	1.69	0.68	0.20	0.42
NO v MA	10	3.35	0.49	0.49	< 0.001
MI v MA	12	-1.07	0.68	-0.03	0.89

NO: normoalbuminuria; MI: microalbuminuria; MA: macroalbuminuria; v: versus; n: number of studies