Table 3 Meta-regression of the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in the Iranian population based on different variables

Publication year

1.0002 (0.9925, 1.0081)

1.0088 (0.9958, 1.0220)

1.0069 (0.9989, 1.0149)

Sampling method

1.0535 (1.0015, 1.1082)^†

1.0544 (0.9670, 1.1498)

1.0478 (0.9763, 1.1245)

Population based vs. Clinic based

1.0386 (0.9653, 1.1175)

1.0306 (0.8231, 1.2903)

-

General population vs. visually impaired population

1.0403 (0.9742, 1.1107)

-

1.0326 (0.9404, 1.1339)

Mean age

1.0015 (0.9993, 1.0038)

1.0028 (1.0000, 1.0056)^†

1.0025 (1.0005, 1.0046)^†

Male to female ratio

1.0001 (0.9989, 1.0013)

1.1698 (0.8911, 1.5355)

1.1427 (0.9284, 1.4065)

HDI

1.0091 (0.9590, 1.0619)

1.0471 (0.9062, 1.2099)

1.0524 (0.9791, 1.1312)

Urban vs. rural

1.0504 (0.9895, 1.1151)

1.1086 (1.0357, 1.1866)^†

1.0995 (1.0542, 1.1468)^†