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. 2020 Nov 26;46:174. doi: 10.1186/s13052-020-00926-0

Table 3.

Meta regression for the included studies to identify source of heterogeneity for the pooled prevalence of LBW among women who had PIH in Ethiopia from 2005 to 2020

Variables Coefficients p-value
Publication year −3.055 0.226
Sample size −0.0073 0.748
Mean age −1.637 0.743
Region
 AA 7.13 0.589
 Amhara −2.17 0.858
 Oromo −10.30 0.437
 SNNPR −3.44 0.784
Type study design
 Cohort −8.93 0.358
 Cross sectional −18.54 0.330
Type sampling technique
 Survey −5.32 0.672
 Systematic random 1.39 0.918
Pregnancy induced hypertension −9.18 0.351