From: Epidemiology of echinococcosis in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Subgroup variable | Prevalence (95% CI) | I2 (%) | Heterogeneity (χ2) | P value | Interaction test (χ2) | P value | |
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Geographical distribution | North | 0.09 (0.04-0.18) | 98.73 | 315.38 | < 0.001 | 12.95 | < 0.001 |
Center | 0.02 (0.01-0.03) | 98.87 | 970.4 | < 0.001 | |||
West | 0.06 (0.03-0.11) | 99.71 | 4477.29 | < 0.001 | |||
East | 0.05 (0.01-0.11) | 96.4 | 83.22 | < 0.001 | |||
Age | < 40 years | 0.07 (0.04-0.12) | 99.23 | 1937.99 | < 0.001 | 40.03 | < 0.001 |
≥ 40 years | 0.05 (0.03-0.06) | 95.24 | 230.86 | < 0.001 | |||
ND a | 0.01 (0.00-0.01) | 98.8 | 465 | < 0.001 | |||
Quality score | Low | 0.05 (0.01-0.12) | 99.59 | 2426.9 | < 0.001 | 0.49 | 0.48 |
High | 0.04 (0.03-0.06) | 99.56 | 5225.56 | < 0.001 | |||
Diagnostic lab method | Serological | 0.04 (0.03-0.06) | 98.22 | 1459.33 | < 0.001 | 257.4 | < 0.001 |
Serological, clinical, and imagingb | 0.07 (0.05-0.09) | 79.06 | 14.33 | < 0.001 | |||
Place of residence | Urban | 0.01 (0.00-0.05) | 98.48 | 262.31 | < 0.001 | 18.63 | < 0.001 |
Urban and rural | 0.06 (0.03-0.1) | 99.57 | - | - | |||
Rural and nomads | 0.06 (0.02-0.12) | 98.13 | 214.1 | < 0.001 | |||
ND | 0.05 (0.01-0.12) | 99.66 | 1191.6 | < 0.001 | |||
All studies | 0.05 (0.00-0.16) | 99.56 | 7797.5 | < 0.001 | - | - |