Table 3 Meta-regression analyses for prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in congenital ptosis.

From: Amblyopia, Strabismus and Refractive Errors in Congenital Ptosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Meta-regression coefficient (%)

95%CI

p

Amblyopia

Year of publication, continuous

−0.002

(−0.021, 0.018)

0.839

Region (Asia vs others)

0.049

(−0.446, 0.544)

0.836

Study design

0.353

(−0.186, 0.891)

0.185

Setting

0.262

(−0.497, 1.021)

0.476

Sample size, continuous

−0.003

(−0.007, 0.002)

0.213

Time span, continuous

−0.016

(−0.043, 0.011)

0.221

Quality, continuous

0.127

(−0.041, 0.294)

0.130

Strabismus

Year of publication, continuous

−0.011

(−0.023, 0.001)

0.061

Region (Asia vs others)

0.065

(−0.361, 0.491)

0.744

Study design

0.467

(0.183, 0.751)

0.004

Setting

−0.205

(−0.815, 0.404)

0.474

Sample size, continuous

−0.001

(−0.003, 0.001)

0.388

Time span, continuous

−0.012

(−0.032, 0.008)

0.231

Quality, continuous

0.004

(−0.131, 0.139)

0.947