Research Article
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 |
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