Skip to main content

Table 3 Carriage prevalence by age

From: Carriage prevalence of Neisseria meningitidis in China, 2005–2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Item

0–6 years

7–14 years

 ≥ 15 years

Studies

56

57

56

Total number of cases

296

667

1662

Sample size

26,491

37,763

39,633

I2 (P value)

74.4%(p < 0.0001)

82.2% (p < 0.0001)

95.4% (p < 0.0001)

Model

Random

Random

Random

Weighted carriage

1.01%

1.81%

4.38%

95%CI

0.59–1.43%

1.32–2.30%

3.15–5.62%