. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 19.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Apr 18;28(6):1098–1109. doi: 10.1002/oby.22791

TABLE 2.

Primary outcome summary for random-effects meta-analysis of WMD in body composition parameters in breakfast skippers as compared with breakfast consumers

Outcome	No. of studies (No. of participants)	WMD	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	P value	I², %	Egger P value	Begg P value
Body weight (kg)^a	7 (425)	−0.54	−1.05	−0.03	0.04^a	21.4	0.72	0.88
BMI	5 (345)	−0.11	−0.28	0.06	0.22	0	0.63	0.62
% Body fat	5 (204)	0.33%	−0.40	1.06	0.37	46.2	0.37	0.62
Lean mass (kg)	5(188)	−0.24	−0.84	0.36	0.44	0	0.26	0.14
Fat mass (kg)	5(188)	0.27	−0.43	0.97	0.45	0	0.76	0.81

Statistically significant at P < 0.05.

WMD, weighted mean difference.