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Table 2 Assessment of publication bias using egger’s test among studies

From: The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Number of studies = 12

Root MSE = 4.157

Std_Eff

Coef

Std.Err

T

P>t

[95%Conf

Interval]

Slope

-0.005

0.003

-1.680

0.124

-0.012

0.002

Bias

9.939

1.971

5.040

0.001

5.548

14.330

  1. Test of H0: no small-study effects P = 0.001
  2. Note: Data input format theta se_theta assumed, Egger's test for small-study effects: Regress standard normal deviate of intervention effect estimate against its standard error