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Table 3 Meta regression for the included studies to identify source of heterogeneity for the pooled prevalence of LBW among women who had PIH in Ethiopia from 2005 to 2020

From: The impact of pregnancy induced hypertension on low birth weight in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Variables

Coefficients

p-value

Publication year

−3.055

0.226

Sample size

−0.0073

0.748

Mean age

−1.637

0.743

Region

 AA

7.13

0.589

 Amhara

−2.17

0.858

 Oromo

−10.30

0.437

 SNNPR

−3.44

0.784

Type study design

 Cohort

−8.93

0.358

 Cross sectional

−18.54

0.330

Type sampling technique

 Survey

−5.32

0.672

 Systematic random

1.39

0.918

Pregnancy induced hypertension

−9.18

0.351