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. 2024 Jun 7;18(6):e0012254. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012254

Table 1. Meta-analysis of the different clinical outcomes of chikungunya disease.

Presented are the number of studies and number of subpopulations reporting on the specific outcomes, the pooled estimates, confidence intervals and I2 of the estimated endpoints. CI: confidence interval. I2: I-squared statistic of heterogeneity.

Endpoint Studies Subpop Total Pooled 95%CI I 2
Target Population Symptoms
 Arthralgia 22 30 3714 .897 .827–.940 93%
 Arthritis 9 14 1622 .175 .089–.315 94%
 Fatigue 7 10 1291 .560 .389–.718 95%
 Fever 17 24 3490 .878 .849–.902 75%
 Headache 18 25 2423 .495 .375–.616 95%
 Joint Swelling 7 9 632 .500 .410–.589 85%
 Myalgia 17 19 2588 .629 .483–.754 97%
 Nausea 8 10 968 .347 .156–.604 96%
 Rash 21 28 2990 .443 .350–.539 92%
 Vomiting 11 17 1446 .171 .113–.249 88%
Hospitalization
 Acute Phase 9 9 1700 .170 .036–.528 97%
General Population Chronic rate
 Month 3 17 17 2805 .438 .313–.572 97%
 Month 6 10 10 1899 .343 .248–.454 97%
 Month 12 11 11 2366 .318 .215–.443 96%
Mortality rate
 High Risk 5 7 325206 .1534 .0713–.2994 97%
 Low Risk 30 37 2518 .0032 .0014–.0074 87%
Symptomatic rate
 Overall 8 8 1217 .749 .630–.840 91%