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. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):3848–3855. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_753_20

Table 1.

Baseline features of included studies in umbrella review of seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Quality assessment using the AMSTAR checklist

Study/authors Place of study study group Number of studies included in the meta-analysis Population %Seroprevalence, (95% CI) % seroprevalence (95% CI) Quality score References

IgM IgG
Mansouri et al. 2017 Iran Blood donor 10 4538 31.84 (20.61-43.08) 2.74 (0.55-4.92) 34.4 (24.9-43.9) 3 [25]
Foroutan-Rad et al. 2016 worldwide Blood donor 43 20964 NA 1.8 (1.1-2.4) 33 (28-39) 3 [26]
Jiang et al. 2015 china Population with Cancer 19 4493 NA NA 20.59 (20.11-21.06) 3 [11]
Borna et al. 2013 Iran childbearing age women 22 13480 34.5 (28.5-40.5) NA 39.9 (26.1-53.7) 3 [27]
Gebremedhin and Tadesse. 2015 Etiopia general population 19 5718 74.73 (61.85-84.36) NA NA 3 [28]
Daryani et al. 2014 Iran general population 35 52294 NA NA 39.3 33-45.7 2 [29]
Mizani et al. 2017 Iran childbearing age women 38 17512 31 21-41 5 3.00-6.00 33 23-43 3 [30]
Wang et al. 2017 worldwide HIV-infected 74 25989 NA NA 35.8 (30.8-40.7) 3 [31]
Foroutan et al. 2018 Iran hemodialysis patients 10 1048 58 (46-70) 2 (0-6) NA 3 [32]
Ahmadpour et al. 2014 Iran immunocompromised patients 22 2805 NA NA 50.01 (43.85-56.17) 1 [33]
Wang et al. 2017 worldwide Immunocompromised patients 72 17780 NA NA 35.9 (31-40.8) 3 [34]
Foroutan et al. 2017 Iran general population 117 105139 NA NA 43 (38-47) 3 [35]
Ramirez et al. 2012 Mexico general population 132 70123 NA NA 19.27 (18.97-19.56) 2 [36]
Ramirez et al. 2012 Mexico Newborns and Children 10 5728 NA NA 3.63 (2.29-4.935) 2 [37]
Deng et al. 2017 China pregnant women 72 NA 4.37 (2.22-8.1) NA NA 2 [38]
Malary et al. 2018 Iran pregnant women 43 22644 39.2 (33.3-45.1) 3.1-4.9 41.3 (35.8-46.8) 3 [39]
Wang et al. 2018 China Blood donor 40 49784 6.26 (4.62-8.13) NA NA 3 [40]
Foroutan-Rad et al. 2016 Iran pregnant women 50 20221 38 (34-42) 4 (3-5) 41 (36-45) 3 [41]
Hosseininejad et al. 2018 worldwide rheumatoid arthritis patients 9 4168 NA NA 46 (37-56) 3 [9]
Azadi et al. 2015 Iran pregnant women 28 12818 NA NA 34.2 (23-45.3) 1 [42]
Alzaheb. 2018 Saudi Arabia women of reproductive age 20 13597 NA NA 27.8 (20.6-36.3) 2 [43]