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. 2019 Oct 23;20:229. doi: 10.1186/s12931-019-1198-4

Table 4.

Summary of meta-regression and subgroup analysis for prevalence of ACO in the general population

NO. of studies Prevalence of ACO (95% CI) I-square Meta-Regression P-Value
Region of study 0.994
Europe 12 1.3% (1.0–1.6) 99.1%
North America 9 2.5% (1.9–3.0) 99.1%
East Asia 3 1.4% (0.7–2.0) 99.7%
Year of publication 0.995
≤ 2015 7 1.8% (0.7–2.8) 99.4%
>  2015 20 2.1% (1.4–2.8) 100.0%
Study quality 0.865
Low and Moderate (< 8) 5 2.1% (0.7–3.4) 99.5%
High (≥8) 22 2.0% (1.3–2.6) 100.0%

ACO Asthma-COPD Overlap, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, CI Confidence Interval