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Table 3 Pooled prevalence estimates of Salmonella in patients that sought medical attention and in carriers

From: Prevalence of human Salmonellosis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Group

Untransformed data

Logit transformed datac

Prevalence (95% CI)

I2, p valued

Prevalence (95%CI )

I2, p valued

Diarrheal patientsa

8.22 (5.75, 10.69)

87.3, 0.000

7.93 (5.30, 11.70)

90.8, 0.000

Diarrheal adults

5.58 (3.99, 7.17)

44.6, 0.164

5.68 (4.26, 7.53)

49.3, 0.139

Diarrheal children

9.97(-0.41, 20.36)

96.7, 0.000

8.72 (2.64, 25.18)

97.5, 0.000

Febrile adults

0.66 (0.19, 1.13)

0.0, 0.424

0.76 (0.41, 1.40)

0.0, 0.516

Febrile children

5.66 (2.52, 8.80)

64.4, 0.094

5.71 (3.31, 9.68)

70.5, 0.066

Over all carriers

1.08 (0.61, 1.55)

83.7, 0.000

2.75 (1.23, 6.17)

76.1, 0.000

Food handlers

1.09(0.73, 1.44)

79.2, 0.002

1.33 (0.75, 2.36)

0.0, 0.793

Othersb

6.45 (3.97, 8.92)

0.0, 0.562

6.83 (4.69, 9.85)

0.0, 0.391

  1. aDiarrheal adults and children.
  2. bIndividuals in contact with animal products or animals.
  3. cThe pooled prevalence estimates of the logit transformed data were the summary measures.
  4. dThe p values are estimated by the Cochran’s Q test.