Table 5.

Summary estimates for the overall and subgroup analysis for school-based, non-integrated, and integrated delivery strategies

Outcomes	Estimates (95% CI)
	Combined	School-based delivery	Community-based non-integrated delivery	Community-based integrated delivery
STH Prevalence (RR)	0.45 [0.38, 0.54]	0.49 [0.39, 0.63]	0.52 [0.41, 0.67]	0.30 [0.12, 0.78]
	45 datasets, 12 studies	19 datasets from 6 studies	16 datasets from 4 studies	9 datasets from 1 study
Hookworm	0.38 [0.27, 0.53]	0.37 [0.22, 0.62]	0.49 [0.29, 0.85]	0.25 [0.04, 1.62]
	15 datasets, 10 studies	7 datasets from 5 studies	5 datasets from 3 studies	3 datasets from 1 study
Ascariasis	0.32 [0.19, 0.52]	0.28 [0.09, 0.89]	0.36 [0.18, 0.74]	0.28 [0.09, 0.87]
	15 datasets, 9 studies	4 datasets from 6 studies	6 datasets from 4 studies	3 datasets from 1 studies
Trichuriasis	0.66 [0.53, 0.82]	0.78 [0.67, 0.90]	0.76 [0.62, 0.94]	0.41 [0.07, 2.56]
	14 datasets, 8 studies	4 datasets from 6 studies	5 datasets from 3 study	3 datasets from 1 studies
Schistosomiasis Prevalence (RR)	0.40 [0.33, 0.50]	0.50 [0.33, 0.75]	0.42 [0.31, 0.57]	0.24 [0.11, 0.56]
	25 datasets, 13 studies	7 datasets from 5 studies	12 datasets from 4 studies	6 datasets from 4 studies
S. H a ematobium	0.40 [0.29, 0.57]	0.59 [0.35, 1.02]	0.42 [0.26, 0.70]	0.05 [0.01, 0.45]
	10 datasets, 8 studies	3 datasets from 3 studies	5 datasets from 3 studies	2 datasets from 2 studies
S. Japonicum	0.24 [0.06, 0.87]	No studies	0.24 [0.06, 0.87]	No studies
	4 datasets, 2 studies		4 datasets from 2 studies
S. Mansoni	0.48 [0.35, 0.65]	0.44 [0.27, 0.74]	0.68 [0.42, 1.10]	0.38 [0.16, 0.91]
	11 datasets, 7 studies	4 datasets from 4 studies	3 datasets from 1 study	4 datasets from 2 studies
STH intensity (SMD)	−3.16 [−4.28, −2.04]	−0.22 [−0.26, −0.17]	−5.29 [−9.22, −1.36]	No studies
	5 datasets, 3 studies	2 datasets, 2 studies	3 datasets from 1 study
Hookworm	−2.22 [−3.27, −1.17]	−0.22 [−0.26, −0.17]	−6.79 [−7.44, −6.14]	No studies
	3 datasets, 3 studies	2 datasets, 2 studies	1 dataset from 1 study
Ascariasis	−7.25 [−7.93, −6.56]	No studies	−7.25 [−7.93, −6.56]	No studies
	1 dataset, 1 study		1 dataset from 1 study
Trichuriasis	−1.87 [−2.16, −1.57]	No studies	−1.87 [−2.16, −1.57]	No studies
	1 dataset, 1 study		1 dataset from 1 study
Mean hemoglobin (SMD)	0.34 [0.20, 0.47]	0.24 [0.16, 0.32]	0.93 [−0.33, 2.18]	0.09 [−0.01, 0.20]
	14 datasets, 12 studies	7 datasets from 7 studies	3 datasets from 3 studies	4 datasets from 2 studies
Anemia	0.90 [0.85, 0.96]	0.87 [0.81, 0.94]	0.85 [0.69, 1.06]	0.99 [0.90, 1.09]
	9 datasets, 7 studies	5 datasets from 5 studies	1 datasets from 1 study	3 datasets from 1 study
Serum ferritin (SMD)	2.30 [−1.13, 5.73]	0.10 [−0.04, 0.25]	No studies	−0.01 [−0.36, 0.34]
	4 datasets, 4 studies	3 datasets from 3 studies		1 dataset from 1 study
Height	0.01 [−0.10, 0.12]	0.04 [−0.08, 0.15]	−0.19 [−0.53, 0.14]	No studies
	4 datasets, 4 studies	3 datasets from 3 studies	1 dataset from 1 study
Weight	−0.13 [−0.42, 0.16]	−0.09 [−0.46, 0.27]	−0.27 [−0.60, 0.07]	No studies
	4 datasets, 4 studies	3 datasets from 3 studies	1 dataset from 1 study
Birth outcomes
Birth weight	−9.52 [−13.86, −5.19]	No studies	No studies	−9.52 [−13.86, −5.19]
	6 datasets, 3 studies			6 datasets from 3 studies
LBW	0.96 [0.78, 1.18]	No studies	No studies	0.96 [0.78, 1.18]
	4 datasets, 2 studies			4 datasets from 2 studies
VLBW	0.38 [0.16, 0.87]	No studies	No studies	0.38 [0.16, 0.87]
	4 datasets, 2 studies			4 datasets from 2 studies
Stillbirths	1.54 [0.93, 2.58]	No studies	No studies	1.54 [0.93, 2.58]
	3 datasets, 1 study			3 datasets from 1 study

*Estimates in bold are statistically significant.