From: Prevalence of low back pain in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis
Moderator variable | k | p + | 95% | C. I. | ANOVA results |
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 |  |  | p l | p u |  |
Continent: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Europe | 21 | 0.390 | 0.314 | 0.472 | Q B(4) = 1.95, p = .745; R 2 = 0.0 |
 North America | 3 | 0.455 | 0.255 | 0.670 | Q W(25) = 4227.25, p < .001 |
 Oceania | 1 | 0.403 | 0.128 | 0.757 |  |
 Africa | 2 | 0.277 | 0.114 | 0.532 |  |
 Asia | 3 | 0.490 | 0.285 | 0.698 |  |
Origin of the sample: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 School | 25 | 0.398 | 0.333 | 0.467 | Q B(3) = 0.87, p = .833; R 2 = 0.0 |
 Community | 2 | 0.396 | 0.197 | 0.638 | Q W(26) = 3833.03, p < .001 |
 University | 2 | 0.470 | 0.249 | 0.703 |  |
 School + sport | 1 | 0.280 | 0.085 | 0.619 |  |
Data extraction method: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Questionnaire | 23 | 0.411 | 0.354 | 0.471 | Q B(1) = 0.36, p = .546; R 2 = 0.143 |
 Interview | 4 | 0.365 | 0.243 | 0.507 | Q W(25) = 2345.19, p < .001 |