Table 2 Meta analysis results of the seroprevalence of CV-A16 (with 95 % confidence interval) in people by ethnicity, gender and age group
Group | Seroprevalence (%) | 95 %CI (%) | Heterogeneity (P-value) | I2 (%) | Model | Begg’s (P-value) | Egger’s (P-value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | |||||||
Overall | 56.3 | 47.7 ~ 64.9 | < 0.001 | 99.1 | Random | 0.228 | 0.105 |
Chinese | 55.1 | 44.1 ~ 66.1 | < 0.001 | 98.8 | Random | 0.335 | 0.156 |
Others | 61.0 | 58.8 ~ 63.2 | 0.357 | 2.9 | Fixed | 0.224 | 0.135 |
Gender | |||||||
Male | 56.1 | 45.2 ~ 67.1 | < 0.001 | 98.0 | Random | 0.436 | 0.213 |
Female | 60.0 | 50.0 ~ 69.9 | < 0.001 | 97.4 | Random | 0.640 | 0.202 |
Age | |||||||
< 1 yrs | 17.5 | 12.4 ~ 24.5 | < 0.001 | 88.6 | Random | 0.336 | 0.215 |
1–3 yrs | 37.5 | 31.2 ~ 45.5 | < 0.001 | 92.3 | Random | 0.569 | 0.425 |
4−5yrs | 50.8 | 41.6 ~ 60.0 | < 0.001 | 87.6 | Random | 0.758 | 0.628 |
0 ~ 5 yrs | 49.1 | 36.2 ~ 62.0 | < 0.001 | 98.4 | Random | 0.837 | 0.266 |
> 5 yrs | 63.9 | 53.1 ~ 74.7 | < 0.001 | 98.8 | Random | 0.115 | 0.380 |