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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2021 Jan 22;14(4):817–834. doi: 10.1002/aur.2471

Table 2.

Results of Meta-regression Analyses

Predictor Studies Outcomes SE t df p
Model 1: Intervention Intensity 12 265
   Intercept 0.28 0.11 2.54 7.07 0.038**
   Cumulative intensity in hours 0.09 0.12 0.75 1.33 0.563
Model 2: Interventionist 27 453
   Intercept (Reference: Caregiver) 0.34 0.09 3.98 12.57 0.002***
   Clinician 0.12 0.19 0.67 4.42 0.539
   Combination −0.26 0.19 −1.37 6.71 0.215
   Educator 0.01 0.16 0.09 7.30 0.931
Model 3: Chronological Age 27 453
   Intercept 0.31 0.06 4.93 24.04 < 0.001***
   Age in Months −0.06 0.05 −1.22 8.08 0.256
Model 4: Biological Sex 25 417
   Intercept 0.33 0.06 5.19 18.50 < 0.001***
   Percent Male −0.06 0.05 −1.36 9.30 0.204
Model 5: Language Age 10 228
   Intercept 0.34 0.09 3.84 7.44 0.006***
   Language Age Equivalency −0.02 0.05 −0.34 2.77 0.758
Model 6: Outcome Boundedness 27 453
   Intercept (Reference: Context-bound) 0.55 0.09 6.10 11.30 < 0.001***
   Generalized −0.40 0.11 −3.53 15.00 0.003***
   Potentially Context-bound −0.31 0.13 −2.49 19.30 0.022**
Model 7: CME 27 453
   Intercept (Reference: High Risk) 0.37 0.72 5.21 20.80 < 0.001***
   Low Risk −0.17 0.10 −1.66 22.50 0.112
Model 8: Outcome Proximity 27 453
   Intercept (Reference: Distal) 0.20 0.08 2.40 17.20 0.028**
   Proximal 0.25 0.11 2.17 23.80 0.041**

Note. CME = Correlated measurement error.

***

p < .01

**

p < .05

*

p < .10