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 |