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. 2020 Apr 3;20:148. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02024-w

Table 2.

Summary of subgroup analysis of the prevalence of neonatal hypothermia in Eastern Africa by country, design and year of publication, from January 2000–December 2019

Variables Characteristics Pooled prevalence, %(95% CI) I2, (P-value)
By country Ethiopia 55.3 (33.7–76.9) 99.6%(< 0.001)
Uganda 62.6 (30.2–94.9) 98.6%(< 0.001)
Kenya 60.0 (51.8–68.2) 99.5%(< 0.001)
By study design Cross-sectional 63.5 (56.4–70.6) 94.2% (< 0.001)
Cohort 33.0 (6.2–72.2) 99.8%(< 0.001)
By year of publication 2000–2015 65.1 (47.9–82.2) 97.2% (< 0.001)
2016–2019 57.9 (32.4–75.4) 99.6%(< 0.001)