The association between screen use and central obesity among children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 4 Subgroup analysis for the odds of central obesity in children and adolescents with high screen time versus those with low screen time

Group	No. of studies*	OR (95% CI)			P_{within group}	P_{between group*}	P_{heterogeneity}	I², %
Total	9	1.136	0.965	1.337	0.125		0.036	62.0
Continent						< 0.001
America	3	1.065	0.571	1.986	< 0.001		0.032	71.0
Asia	6	1.225	1.069	1.404	< 0.001		0.153	38.0
Screen type						< 0.001
TV	3	1.447	1.122	1.867	0.004		0.221	33.7
PC	1	1.560	0.890	2.733	0.120		–	–
VG	1	0.920	0.529	1.598	0.767		–	–
TV + VG + PC	4	1.054	0.840	1.321	0.651		0.053	67
Age group						< 0.001
Adolescents	7	1.135	0.840	1.321	0.132		0.046	53.2
Both	2	1.612	1.157	2.245	0.005		0.888	0.0
Setting						< 0.001
School	4	1.129	0.747	1.705	0.565		0.041	63.6
Community	5	1.216	1.035	1.430	0.018		0.098	48.9
Sample size						< 0.001
1000 >	5	1.263	0.851	1.875	0.246		0.028	63.3
≥ 1000	4	1.173	1.022	1.347	0.023		0.171	40.2

*All the included studies had moderate quality. So, no subgrouping was performed

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