Table 2.

Imputed effect sizes and the results of Begg’s rank correlation and Egger’s regression tests for the meta-analysis of Soy’s effects on thyroid hormones.

	na	WMD	95% CI	P-value b	P-value c
fT3	3	0.068	−0.012, 0.148	0.381	0.374
fT4	2	−0.003	−0.018, 0.011	0.338	0.224
TSH	6	0.358	0.139, 0.577	0.067	0.065

^aThe number of imputed studies according to the trim and fill correction method; ^bBegg’s rank correlation test; ^cEgger’s weighted regression test.