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Table 3 Intestinal parasitic infection among tuberculosis patients and tuberculosis free individuals in Ethiopia

From: Intestinal parasites co-infection among tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Group variable

Number of studies

TB patients

TB free individuals

OR(95% CI)

Heterogeneity tests

Number

%

Number

%

 

X2

df

I2

p-value

Total intestinal parasites

8

1218

49.1%

2076

37.4%

1.76 (1.17–2.63)

50.95

7

86%

0.006

Intestinal protozoans

4

64

17.6%

129

10.0%

1.66 (0.94–2.93)

6.26

3

52%

0.08

Intestinal helminthes

7

277

37.0%

486

22.2%

2.01 (1.07–3.80)

43.18

6

86%

0.03

Multiple parasite infection

4

87

17.3%

116

6.8%

2.59 (1.90–3.55)

4.47

3

33%

< 0.001

  1. X2 Chi-square, df degree of freedom