Table 3.
Sensitivity analysis of weighted pooled prevalence of symptoms in different cohorts with strongyloidiasis.
| Asymptomatic (% [95% CI]) |
Abdominal pain (% [95% CI]) |
Diarrhoea (% [95% CI]) |
Rash (% [95% CI]) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole cohort |
27.7% [17.1 – 39.5%] IAnon., 2 = 92%, P<0.0001 |
32.1% [20.5 – 44.8%] IAnon., 2 = 93%, P<0.0001 |
12.6% [6.7 – 19.9%] IAnon., 2 = 75%, P=0.0192 |
38.4% [13.1 – 67.7%] IAnon., 2 = 99%, P<0.0001 |
| Excluding migrant cohort | 27.7% [14.4 - 43.2%] I2= 94%, P < 0.0001 |
27.0% [11.2 - 46.5%] I2= 95%, P < 0.0001 |
10.6% [2.6 - 22.6%] I2= 86%, P = 0.0080 |
41.2% [9.7 - 77.3%] I2= 99%, P < 0.0001 |
| Excluding armed forces personnel cohort | 30.7% [19.6 - 43.0%] I2= 92%, P < 0.0001 |
39.1% [30.4 - 44.1%] I2= 65%, P = 0.0215 |
16.4% [10.1 - 23.9%] I2= N/A, P = N/A |
19.6% [8.4 - 33.4%] I2= 93%, P < 0.0001 |
| Excluding returning travellers cohort | 23.7% [18.7 - 29.1%] I2= 47%, P = 0.1321 |
31.4% [13.5 - 52.7%] I2= 96%, P < 0.0001 |
12.7% [6.8 – 20.0%] I2= 75%, P = 0.0192 |
52.1% [23.6 - 79.9%] I2= 98%, P < 0.0001 |
CI= Confidence intervals.