From: Methodological assessment of systematic reviews of in-vitro dental studies
Variable | Univariable | Multivariable | |||
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Coeff. (95% CIs) | p- value | Coeff. (95% CIs) | p- value | ||
Dental specialty a | Orthodontics | reference | - | reference | - |
Periodontology | 3.05 (10.22,16.32) | 0.65 | 2.04 (-9.79,13.86) | 0.73 | |
Restorative | 3.80 (-6.08,13.69) | 0.45 | -0.82 -9.79,8.14) | 0.86 | |
Endodontics | 12.82(2.74,22.90) | 0.01` | 8.97 (-0.15,18.08) | 0.05 | |
Prosthodontics | 1.68 (-7.96,11.31) | 0.73 | -1.48 (-10.12,7.17) | 0.74 | |
Continent | Americas | Reference | |||
Asia & Other | -0.33 (-7.27,6.61) | 0.93 | |||
Europe | -2.59 (-9.27,4.09) | 0.45 | |||
Number of authors | Per unit | 1.87 (0.26,3.47) | 0.02 | 0.48(-1.01, 1.98) | 0.53 |
Year | Per unit | 2.64(1.90, 3.38) | < 0.01 | 2.60(1.84, 3.35) | < 0.001 |
Impact factor | Per unit | 2.03(-0.84, 4.89) | 0.16 |