Table 3.

Impact of study characteristics on the effects of statins therapy on serum adiponectin concentrations: results of univariate meta-regression analyses

Variables	Coefficient	95% CI	P-value
Number of subjects	0.012	−0.009 to 0.033	0.24
Mean age (years)	0.042	−0.107 to 0.191	0.52
Male (%)	0.015	0.006 to 0.024	0.03
BMI (kg/m2)	−0.093	−0.445 to 0.259	0.55
Dose (mg/d)	0.003	−0.086 to 0.092	0.95
Duration (weeks)	0.042	−0.017 to 0.101	0.31

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WMD, weighted mean difference.