Table 2 Carriage prevalence by region
Item | Southwest China | Northeast China | South China | East China | Central China | Northwest China | North China |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Studies | 14 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
Total number of cases | 207 | 119 | 302 | 3168 | 819 | 553 | 1156 |
Sample size | 12,771 | 8684 | 12,792 | 74,096 | 15,773 | 6897 | 57,518 |
I2 (P value) | 76.3% (p < 0.01) | 90.8% (p < 0.01) | 93.7% (p < 0.01) | 98.7% (p = 0) | 98.3% (p < 0.01) | 98.6% (p < 0.01) | 93.8% (p < 0.01) |
Model | Random | Random | Random | Random | Random | Random | Random |
Weighted carriage | 1.65% | 2.66% | 2.12% | 2.82% | 3.62% | 4.48% | 3.00% |
95%CI | 1.10–2.20% | 0.52–4.80% | 0.92–3.31% | 1.48–4.16% | 1.74–5.50% | 0.91–8.05% | 2.39–3.62% |