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Table 6 Pooled prevalence of species specific Hookworms by region, age and year of publication among Ethiopian children, 2020

From: Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths infections among preschool and school-age children in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Variables

No. of studies

Sample

cases

Prevalence (95% CI)

Heterogeneity

p value

Q

I2 (%)

Region

       

Benishangul-Gumuz

1

422

35

8 (6–11%)

Amhara region

32

35,678

6171

16 (13–19%)

5256.02

99.41

p < 0.001

Oromia region

15

6763

434

6 (5–8%)

392.85

96.44

p < 0.001

South Region

20

8761

950

12 (9–15%)

793.61

97.61

p < 0.001

Tigray region

8

5665

144

3 (2–4%)

96.14

92.72

p < 0.001

Age

       

School

67

53,289

7648

13 (11–15%)

7814.96

99.16

p < 0.001

Preschool

8

3740

102

2 (1–3%)

33.50

79.10

p < 0.001

Both

1

260

4

2 (1–4%)

Year of publication

       

1990–2012

19

11,253

1534

13 (9–15%)

1346.55

98.66

p < 0.001

2013–2020

57

46,036

6220

11 (9–13%)

6088.71

99.08

p < 0.001

Overall

76

57,289

7754

12 (10–13%)

7920.16

99.05

p < 0.001

  1. CI Confidence Interval