Table 3.

Results of meta-regression analyses of mean difference in child growth on quality scores items of the included studies

Categories	Items in quality score (moderators)	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	SE	P value
Overall quality	Intercept	0.01 (−0.88 to 0.91)	0.466	0.975
	General domain vs total score	0.01 (−0.02 to 0.04)	0.017	0.571
	Risk of bias vs total score	−0.01 (−0.02 to 0.00)	0.006	0.154
	Total score	Reference	–	–
Risk of bias	Intercept	0.68 (−0.08 to 1.43)	0.384	0.078
	Sequence generation	−0.01 (−0.05 to 0.03)	0.020	0.502
	Allocation concealment	0.03 (−0.02 to 0.08)	0.024	0.229
	Was baseline outcome similar?	0.06 (0.02 to 0.10)	0.021	0.007
	Were baseline characteristics similar?	−0.13 (−0.23 to −0.03)	0.051	0.009
	Incomplete outcome data addressed	0.03 (−0.04 to 0.09)	0.033	0.412
	Blinding of participants	0.03 (−0.03 to 0.08)	0.029	0.350
	Blinding of outcome assessment	0.01 (−0.04 to 0.06)	0.024	0.756
	Was there selective reporting bias?	−0.02 (−0.06 to 0.03)	0.024	0.494
	Protection against contamination	0.02 (−0.03 to 0.06)	0.023	0.474
	Adequately adjusted for confounders?	−0.03 (−0.10 to 0.04)	0.0345	0.345
	Total score of risk of bias	Reference	–	–