The prevalence of depression among Iranian infertile couples: an update systematic review and meta-analysis

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Table 5 The result of meta-regression on the heterogeneity of pooled estimations

Prevalence	Coefficient	Standard error	t	P > t	[95% CI]
Publication year	0.00	0.02	0.06	0.95	− 0.04	0.04
Sex	− 0.01	0.02	− 0.89	0.40	− 0.05	0.02
Measuring tools	− 0.08	0.01	− 3.18	0.01	− 0.12	− 0.04
Sample size	0.001	0.001	− 0.87	0.41	− 0.005	0.002
Mean score of depression
Publication year	− 0.24	0.27	− 0.91	0.37	− 0.80	0.30
Sex	− 1.81	1.43	− 1.27	0.21	− 4.75	1.12
Measuring tools	− 1.05	0.58	− 1.81	0.08	− 2.23	0.13
Sample size	− 0.001	0.003	− 0.45	0.53	− 0.009	0.006