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. 2020 Jun 12;20:410. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05126-z

Table 3.

Comparisons of CrAg positivity, incidence of CM and all-cause mortality among HIV-infected persons stratified by CD4+ T cell count

Author, year Prevalence of CrAg positivity Incidence of CM All-cause mortality
CD4<100 (cells/μL) CD4 100 ~ 200 (cells/μL) CD4<100 (cells/μL) CD4 100 ~ 200 (cells/μL) CD4<100 (cells/μL) CD4 100 ~ 200 (cells/μL)
with antifungal treatment without antifungal treatment with antifungal treatment without antifungal treatment with antifungal treatment without antifungal treatment with antifungal treatment without antifungal treatment
 Chariyalertsak, 2002 [25] Not reported 0 of 40 6 of 45 0 of 23 0 of 21 Not reported Not reported
 Parkes-Ratanshi, 2011 [18] Not reported 17 of 698 2 of 821 3a of 698 0a of 821
 McKinsey, 1999 [19] Not reported 0 of 101 7 of 103 1 of 48 1 of 43 Not reported Not reported
 Meya, 2010 [21] 26 of 295 7 of 298 3 of 21 2 of 5 Not reported 6 of 21 5 of 5 0 of 4 1 of 3
 Govender, 2015 [1] 20 of 708 6 of 371 Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported
 Borges, 2019 [24] 12 of 159 5 of 5 0 of 9 0 of 3 0 of 1 1 of 4 Not reported Not reported

Pooled CrAg + prevalence:

0.06 [−0.02, 0.11], p = 0.001, I2 = 86.5%

Pooled CrAg + prevalence:

0.02 [0.01, 0.03], p = 0.146, I2 = 48%

Risk ratio with 95%CI:

7.67 [2.03, 29.05], p = 0.36, I2 = 1%

Risk ratio with 95%CI:

1.15 [0.16, 8.13],

p = 0.97, I2 = 0%

Risk ratio with 95%CI:

0.32 [0.16, 0.64], p and I2 not applicable

Risk ratio with 95%CI:

0.27 [0.01, 4.93], p and I2 not applicable

Risk ratio with 95%CI 1.82 [0.77, 4.30], p = 0.007, I2 = 63% 2.53 [0.50, 12.71], p = 0.26, I2 = 59% 4.15 [0.89, 19.42], p = 0.07, I2 = 0%

a Died within 4 weeks