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. 2010 Dec 7;7(12):e1000374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000374

Table 2. Summary of subgroup analysis of studies of the association of SHS and IBD or pharyngeal bacterial carriage.

Category Number of Studies Summary Estimate (95% CI) I 2 (95% CI) Meta-regression p-Value
Invasive meningococcal disease
All studies [25][34],[36][41],[84] 16 2.02 (1.52–2.69) 68.5% (47.2–81.2)
Laboratory-confirmed diagnosis [27],[28],[31][33],[39] 6 3.24 (1.72–6.13) 63.5% (11.7–84.9) 0.149
Adjusted analysis [25][28],[30][34],[36][40] 11 2.18 (1.55–3.06) 66.8% (37.3–82.4) 0.500
Unadjusted analysis [29],[30],[39][41] 5 1.78 (0.97–3.24) 75.4% (32.1–84.7) 0.500
Adjusted for crowding, household density or room sharing [25],[27],[28],[32],[34],[36][38] 8 1.96 (1.36–2.82) 67.7% (34.6–93.5) 0.858
Adjusted for vaccination status [26],[31],[36] 3 2.21 (1.41–3.46) 48.6% (0–85.0) 0.468
Adjusted for breastfeeding [33],[34] 2 2.38 (0.19–29.32) 87.4% 0.894
Age less than 6 y 3 3.04 (0.88–10.47) 79.4% (34.6–93.5) 0.591
Meningococcal carriage
All studies [54][58] 5 1.67 (1.12–2.52) 61.6% (0–85.6)
Adjusted analysis [57] 1 1.17 (1.05–1.30) 0.061
Unadjusted analysis [54][56],[58] 4 2.07 (1.43–2.99) 0% (0–84.7) 0.061
Invasive pneumococcal disease
All studies [35],[36],[42],[43] 4 1.21 (0.69–2.14) 52.3% (0–84.2)
Laboratory-confirmed diagnosis [36],[42],[43] 3 0.93 (0.62–1.41) 0% (0–89.6) 0.170
Adjusted analysis [35] 1 2.99 (1.10–.8.14) 0.170
Unadjusted analysis [36],[42],[43] 3 0.93 (0.62–1.41) 0% (0–89.6) 0.170
Age less than 6 y [35],[42] 2 1.68 (0.61–4.66) 62.4% 0.461
Studies prior to 2000 [35],[36],[43] 3 1.33 (0.58–3.02) 68.1% (0–90.8) 0.803
Pneumococcal carriage
All studies [59][63] 5 1.66 (1.33–2.07) 0% (0–79.2)
Adjusted analysis [59],[60],[62] 3 1.48 (1.01–2.16) 26.4% (0–92.4) 0.519
Unadjusted analysis [61],[63] 2 1.76 (1.34–2.31) 0% 0.519
Age less than 6 y [60],[61],[63] 3 1.63 (1.27–2.01) 12.7% (0–86.7) 0.807
Invasive Hib disease
All studies [3],[36],[44][53] 12 1.22 (0.93–1.62) 55.0% (13.8–76.5)
Laboratory-confirmed diagnosis [3],[36],[44],[46][50],[52],[53] 10 1.24 (0.86–1.78) 62.7% (26.2–81.2) 0.929
Adjusted analysis [3],[36],[44],[47],[48],[50][52] 8 1.10 (0.80–1.51) 56.5% (4.2–80.2) 0.269
Unadjusted analysis [45],[46],[49],[53] 4 1.70 (0.90–3.20) 53.0% (0–84.6) 0.269
Adjusted for crowding, household density or room sharing [36],[44],[47],[48],[50],[51] 6 1.05 (0.76–1.46) 52.3% (0–81.0) 0.241
Adjusted for vaccination status [36],[47],[50] 3 1.20 (0.70–2.04) 66.9% (0–90.45) 0.915
Adjusted for breastfeeding [3],[47],[50],[52] 4 1.13 (0.63–1.98) 69.2% (11.0–89.3) 0.714
Age less than 6 y [3],[36],[44][47],[49],[52],[53] 9 1.46 (1.19–1.81) 38.5% (0–71.7) 0.035
Studies prior to 1990 [3],[44][47] 5 1.49 (1.16–1.93) 44.9% (0–79.8) 0.168
Hib carriage
All studies [64],[65] 2 0.96 (0.48–1.95) 0%
Unadjusted analysis[65] 1 0.89 (0.42–1.89)