Table 2.

Subgroup analysis and meta regression results of HPV infection profiles in PLWH.

Subgroup	No. of			Infection Rate (%)	95% CI (%)	I2 (%)	QB	p Value	p Value of Regression
	Study	Included	Infection						Univariate	Multivariate
Total	18	4822	2405	52.54	42.11–62.86	97.6
Language							1.43	0.2312
Chinese	8	1885	933	46.10	38.06–54.24	92.0			Ref	Ref
English	10	2937	1472	57.83	40.46–74.26	98.5			0.2651	0.9971
Sample							6.59	0.0102 *
Anal Swab	7	2189	1277	69.22	48.77–86.38	98.8			Ref	Ref
Exfoliated Cervical Cells	11	2633	1128	41.71	37.41–46.06	83.2			0.0016 *	0.6679
Gender							10.34	0.0013 *
Female	12	3042	1270	41.04	36.96–45.18	84.1			Ref	Ref
Male	6	1780	1135	74.55	54.94–90.05	98.6			<0.0001	0.0174 *

*: p ≤ 0.05.