Table 2 The influence of variables on the heterogeneity of prevalence (n = 159,064)
| Â | No. of study | No. of TM infection patients | No. of PLWHA | Prevalence of TM infection | Heterogeneity | Univariate meta-regression | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  |  |  | χ2 | p value | I2 | OR (95%CI) | p value |
Latitude | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 5.616 (1.941 to 16.246) | 0.002 |
Higher | 8 | 126 | 9580 | 1.0% (0.5–2.0) | 87.65 | 0.000 | 92.0% |  |  |
Lower | 25 | 5448 | 149,484 | 5.5% (3.4–8.7) | 3960.18 | 0.000 | 99.4% |  |  |
Income level | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.466 (0.771 to 2.813) | 0.393 |
Low | 3 | 124 | 2370 | 6.4% (4.4–9.5) | 4.09 | 0.129 | 51.1% |  |  |
Middle | 30 | 5450 | 156,694 | 3.4% (2.2–5.2) | 4148.53 | 0.000 | 99.3% |  |  |
Publication year | 33 | 5574 | 159,064 | – | – | – | – | 0.930 (0.862 to 1.004) | 0.057 |
Total | 33 | 5574 | 159,064 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |