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Table 2 Subgroup analysis to investigate the relationship between geographical location, number of cases, chronological age of cases, the difference between bone age and chronological age of cases, detection reagent and serum AMH

From: Dose inhibin B or anti-Müllerian hormone relate to precocious puberty in girls? result of a systematic review and meta-analysis

Subgroups

No. of studies

I2

SMD (95%CI)

P

Geographical location

    

Europe

3

93%

-0.05 (-1.07, 0.96)

0.92

North America

1

 

-0.59 (-1.21, 0.03)

0.06

Central Asia

3

30%

0.19 (-0.17, 0.54)

0.31

Asia

3

0%

0.19 (-0.03, 0.40)

0.09

Cases

    

< 50

5

46%

0.15 (-0.16,0.45)

0.35

≥ 50

5

87%

0.00 (-0.51,0.52)

0.99

Chronological age

    

< 8

8

82%

0.03 (-0.36, 0.43)

0.87

≥ 8

2

0%

0.15 (-0.12, 0.41)

0.28

BA-CA

    

< 1.5

4

86%

0.22 (-0.41, 0.84)

0.50

≥ 1.5

3

0%

0.19 (-0.03, 0.40)

0.09

NA

3

41%

-0.33 (-0.73, 0.08)

0.12

Detection reagent

    

Beckman

6

19%

0.07 (-0.13, 0.27)

0.50

Others

4

90%

0.10 (-0.65, 0.85)

0.80

  1. BA-CA, the difference between bone age and chronological age; SMD, standard mean difference; NA, not available.