Subgroups | Follow-up period | No. of included studiesa | Summarized incidenceb (95% CI) | Heterogeneity | |
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I2 | P for Q test | ||||
Total | 1 year | 12 | 2.15% (1.51%-2.80%) | 93.72% |  < 0.0001 |
2 years | 21 | 1.21% (0.93%-1.49%) | 92.40% |  < 0.0001 | |
5 years | 7 | 1.11% (0.64%-1.58%) | 97.73% |  < 0.0001 | |
Index cases were smear +  | 2 years | 6 | 1.55% (1.08%-2.02%) | 87.13% |  < 0.0001 |
Baseline MTB infection testing + c | 2 years | 12 | 3.80% (2.74%-4.87%) | 81.86% |  < 0.0001 |
Baseline MTB infection testing– | 2 years | 9 | 0.82% (0.47%-1.18%) | 79.65% |  < 0.0001 |
From high TB burden countriesd | 2 years | 7 | 1.63% (1.04%-2.21%) | 86.46% |  < 0.0001 |
From other countriesd | 2 years | 14 | 1.03% (0.71%-1.35%) | 93.46% |  < 0.0001 |