Table 2.
The meta-regression analysis of HDL-C, LDL-C, TG, and TC levels
| 95% CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Β | Lower CI limit | Upper CI limit | p | |
| HDL-C | ||||
| Publication year | 0.094 | − 0.123 | 0.312 | 0.360 |
| Sample size | 0.000 | − 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.823 |
| Country | 0.096 | − 0.118 | 0.311 | 0.344 |
| Study quality | 0.064 | − 0.045 | 0.173 | 0.235 |
| LDL-C | ||||
| Publication year | − 0.014 | − 0.045 | 0.017 | 0.350 |
| Sample size | 0.000 | − 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.734 |
| Country | − 0.042 | − 0.120 | 0.036 | 0.276 |
| Study quality | − 0.067 | − 0.244 | 0.109 | 0.433 |
| TG | ||||
| Publication year | 0.044 | − 0.094 | 0.183 | 0.508 |
| Sample size | 0.000 | − 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.951 |
| Country | − 0.187 | − 0.519 | 0.145 | 0.252 |
| Study quality | 1.090 | 0.454 | 1.726 | 0.002* |
| TC | ||||
| Publication year | − 0.013 | − 0.045 | 0.019 | 0.395 |
| Sample size | 0.000 | − 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.826 |
| Country | − 0.024 | − 0.106 | 0.059 | 0.558 |
| Study quality | − 0.036 | − 0.223 | 0.152 | 0.693 |
The correlation coefficients of publication year, sample size, country, and study quality with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the effect size of HDL-C, LDL-C, TG, and TC of this meta-analysis are presented and considered significant to be heterogeneity sources with p < 0.05(*)