Table 3.

Meta-regression of the circulating vaspin levels and MAFLD

Covariates	No. Groups	Coefficient	Standard error	t	P	95%CI
Univariate meta-regression analysis
Area	15	9.171	5.979	3.40	0.005	[2.243,37.504]
Age	15	1.030	0.048	0.62	0.545	[0.930,1.139]
BMI	16	0.710	0.052	−4.63	0.000	[0.606,0.832]
HOMA-IR	12	0.945	0.154	−0.34	0.739	[0.656,1.362]
NOS score	15	0.499	0.415	−0.84	0.418	[0.083,3.003]
Multivariate meta-regression analysis
Area	16	2.776	2.277	1.24	0.235	[0.472,16.335]
BMI	16	0.780	0.081	−2.40	0.032	[0.623,0.976]
Cons	16	949.767	3246.888	2.01	0.066	[0.589,1,531,388]

CI Confidence interval, BMI Body mass index, HOMA-IR Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, NOS Newcastle–Ottawa Scale