Table 1.

Studies included in the pooled analyses of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia prevalence in pregnant women and school-aged children living in sub-Saharan Africa.

Reference	Location	Endemicity	Season	Malaria test	Study year	Pregnant women		Children			Quality	Risk Ratio	%Weight (FEM)	% Weight (REM)
						# Tested	# Positive	# Tested	# Positive	Age group (years)
(Dicko et al., 2003)	Mali Bandiagara	Hyperendemic	Rainy season	Mx	1993	111	47	1230	797	5 to 10	Good	1.53 (1.23–1.91)	30.8	21.4
(Dicko et al., 2005)	Mali Bandiagara	Hyperendemic	Dry season	Mx	1994	124	19	1191	581	5 to 10	Good	3.18 (2.10–4.84)	12.3	14.5
(Ministry of Health, 2008-2009)	Equatorial Guinea Bioko	Low endemic	Rainy season	RDT	2009	197	27	3112	896	5 to 14	Good	2.10 (1.47–3.00)	18.1	16.6
(Ministry of Health, 2008-2009)	Equatorial Guinea Bioko	Low endemic	Rainy season	RDT	2008	284	36	2020	500	5 to 14	Good	1.95 (1.43–2.67)	22.6	18.0
(Sonko et al., 2014)	The Gambia	Hyperendemic	Dry season	Mx	2010	148	10	1987	219	5 to 14	Good	1.63 (0.89–3.01)	6.7	9.6
(Lamptey et al., 2018)	Accra, Ghana	Low endemic	Dry season	Mx	2013	126	5	184	6	5 to 11	Good	0.82 (0.26–2.63)	2.1	3.6
(Lamptey et al., 2018)	Accra, Ghana	Low endemic	Dry season	Mx	2014	77	2	182	5	5 to 11	Good	1.06 (0.21–5.33)	1.0	2.0
(Lamptey et al., 2018)	Accra, Ghana	Low endemic	Rainy season	Mx	2014	70	2	170	8	5 to 11	Good	1.65 (0.36–7.56)	1.0	2.2
(Lamptey et al., 2018)	Accra, Ghana	Low endemic	Dry season	Mx	2014	54	0	180	2	5 to 11	Good	1.51 (0.07–30.97)	0.3	0.6
(Owusu et al., 2017)	Ghana	Hyperendemic	Rainy season	Mx	2014	94	0	40	9	6 to 10	Moderate	44.33 (2.64–743.69)	0.1	0.7
(Diarra et al., 2017)	Chad	Hyperendemic	Rainy season	RDT	2012	52	12	73	36	5 to 14	Good	2.14 (1.24–3.70)	5.0	10.9
Total						1337	160	10,369	3059			2.00 (1.73–2.30)	100.0	100.0

Mx: Microscopy, RDT: Malaria rapid diagnostic test, FEM: Fixed effect Model, REM: Random effect model.