Table 3.
Prevalence of HCV infection among blood donors of different blood type
Blood type | No. of studies | Prevalence of HCV % (95%CI) |
Heterogeneity | Model | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I2 | P value | ||||
A | 14 | 8.18(4.55,12.77) | 98.80% | 0.00 | REM |
B | 14 | 7.58(4.26,11.73) | 98.80% | 0.00 | REM |
AB | 14 | 8.15(4.64,12.54) | 94.90% | 0.00 | REM |
O | 14 | 7.85(4.64,11.82) | 98.80% | 0.00 | REM |
REM: random effect model.