TABLE 1

Results of meta-regression for nontuberculous mycobacteria infection point prevalence

Coefficients	LOGIT-estimate	se	95% CI	p-value
Intercept	−2.884	0.373	−3.615– −2.153	<0.01
Design (Ref.: Cross-sectional: registry)
Cross-sectional: non-registry	−0.290	0.893	−2.040–1.461	0.746
Cohort	−0.268	0.726	−1.691–1.155	0.712
Sample size (Ref.: >3000)
1000–3000	0.978	0.652	−0.299–2.256	0.133
<1000	1.671	0.682	0.335–3.007	0.014
Region (Ref.: North American)
European region	−0.424	0.396	−1.201–0.353	0.285
Other regions^#	−1.302	0.501	−2.284– −0.320	0.009
Reporting year (Ref.: 2010–2019)
2000–2009	0.412	0.542	−0.651–1.474	0.447
Before year 2000	−0.652	0.490	−1.612–0.308	0.183

LOGIT-estimates are back-transformed to proportions through the formula e^coef/(1+e^coef). ^#: included Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East.