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Table 3 Possible sources of heterogeneity: meta-regressions

From: Performance of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for identifying cardiometabolic risk in children: a meta-analysis

 

Standard of Diagnosis

WHtR cut-off

Outcome

χ2

P

I2

χ2

P

I2

CMR3

NA

NA

NA

298.64

 < 0.001

99 (99–100)

CMR2

NA

NA

NA

54.92

 < 0.001

96 (94–99)

CMR1

NA

NA

NA

6.51

0.04

69 (31–100)

Elevated FBG

2.59

0.27

23 (0–100)

19.03

 < 0.001

89 (79–100)

Elevated BP

1.46

0.48

0 (0–100)

169.46

 < 0.001

99 (98–99)

Dyslipidaemia

NA

NA

NA

40.33

 < 0.001

95 (91–99)

Elevated TG

2.84

0.24

30 (0–100)

6.7

0.04

70 (33–100)

Low HDL-C

3.05

0.22

35 (0–100)

9.89

0.01

80 (56–100)

Central obesity

1.77

0.47

0 (0–100)

1.34

0.51

0 (0–100)

  1. NA not applicable, WHtR waist-to-height ratio, CMR cardiometabolic risk factor, CMR3 presenting with at least three CMRs, CMR2 presenting with at least two CMRs, CMR1 presenting with least one of CMRs, FBG fasting blood glucose; BP blood pressure, TG triglyceride, HDL-C High-density leptin cholesterol; The results of elevated total cholesterol, high low-density leptin cholesterol, and SBP/DBP blood pressure were not reported