Table 6 Meta regression analysis for in obesity prevention policies on BMI and BMI-Zscore
Body mass index (BMI) | Tau2 | P | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Estimate of between-study variance | 0.020 | ||
By setting/community versus others | 0.1461 | 0.186 | − 0.0929, 0.4653 |
By target group/children versus others | 0.1594 | 0.528 | − 0.3282, 0.6312 |
By country/USA versus others | 0.1604 | 0.728 | − 0.3080, 0.4377 |
By intervention content/education versus others | 0.1614 | 0.923 | − 0.4419, 0.4867 |
By study focus/Diet + PAa versus PA only | 0.1402 | 0.524 | − 0.4518, 0.2333 |
By age/≤ 5 years versus others | 0.1586 | 0.476 | − 0.2434, 0.5130 |
By sample size/≤ 1000 versus others | 0.1191 | 0.005 | 0.0703, 0.3816 |
By frequency of intervention/ daily versus others | 0.16 | 0.752 | − 0.2873, 0.3951 |
By duration of intervention/≤ 1 year versus others | 0.1595 | 0.322 | − 0.1622, 0.4836 |
By follow-up/≤ 1 year versus others | 0.1574 | 0.285 | − 0.1661, 0.5518 |
By sex/combination of both genders versus others | 0.1619 | 0.589 | − 0.4114, 0.2364 |
By baseline BMI/≤ 18 versus others | 0.1604 | 0.199 | − 0.4802, 0.1027 |
By study quality/strong versus others | 0.1572 | 0.384 | − 0.4514, 0.1769 |
BMI-Zscore | |||
Estimate of between-study variance | 0.0129 | ||
By setting/community versus others | 0.0158 | 0.173 | − 0.0309, 0.1667 |
By target group/children versus others | 0.0168 | 0.301 | − 0.1515, 0.4787 |
By country/USA versus others | 0.0173 | 0.797 | − 0.0854, 0.1106 |
By intervention content/education versus others | 0.0169 | 0.367 | − 0.0951, 0.2525 |
By study focus/diet + PA versus PA only | 0.0173 | 0.550 | − 0.1931, 0.3578 |
By age/≤ 5 years versus others | 0.0164 | 0.222 | − 0.0629, 0.2642 |
By sample size/≤ 1000 versus others | 0.0148 | 0.045 | 0.0013, 0.1075 |
By frequency of intervention/daily versus others | 0.0174 | 0.771 | − 0.1191, 0.0889 |
By duration of intervention/≤ 1 year versus others | 0.0163 | 0.253 | − 0.1441, 0.0390 |
By follow-up/≤ 1 year versus others | 0.0173 | 0.906 | − 0.1078, 0.0958 |
By sex/combination of both genders versus others | 0.0167 | 0.210 | − 0.1867, 0.0422 |
By study quality/strong versus others | 0.0167 | 0.268 | − 0.1490, 0.0423 |