Table 3.

Meta‐analysis regression of estimating covariate effect

Parameters	I‐squared (95% CI)	LRT chi‐square	P value
Publication year	0.00 [0.00‐100.00]	1.24	0.540
Country	0.00 [0.00‐100.00]	1.29	0.52
Examination methods	82.66 [63.28‐100.00]	11.54	0.00
Study design	0.00 [0.00‐100.00]	1.62	0.45
Golden standard	2.38 [0.00‐100.00]	2.05	0.36
Sample size	72.19 [38.34‐100.00]	7.19	0.03