Association of Serum Lipocalin-2 Concentrations with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: An Updated Meta-Analysis

Table 3

The results of meta-analysis, heterogeneity test, and publication bias.

Subgroups		SMD (95% CI)		Test of heterogeneity		Test of publication bias				Model
						Begg’s test		Egger’s test
				Overall	8	0.757 (0.588-0.926)	<0.001	39.80%	0.114		0.12	0.902	0.10	0.924	F
Ethnicity
Caucasian	6	0.815 (0.618-1.013)	<0.001	49.10%	0.080	0.00	1.000	-0.52	0.629	F
Asian	2	0.599 (0.273-0.925)	<0.001	0.00%	0.454	0.00	1.000	NA	NA	F
Disease
Psoriasis	7	0.673 (0.492-0.854)	<0.001	0.00%	0.530	0.00	1.000	0.13	0.903	F
Region
Europe	5	0.893 (0.679-1.108)	<0.001	38.10%	0.167	0.24	0.806	-0.29	0.789	F
Asia	2	0.599 (0.273-0.925)	<0.001	0.00%	0.454	0.00	1.000	NA	NA	F
Original data
	7	0.767 (0.591-0.943)	<0.001	47.60%	0.075	0.30	0.764	0.29	0.782	F