Table 2.

Subgroup analyses of the effect of undernutrition on mortality among adults living with HIV in SSA, between 2002 and 2019

Variables	Subgroup	No of studies	Population (N)	AHR (95%CI)	(I2 (%) and Cochrane chi-squared test p-value)
Severity of undernutrition	Severe	6	66, 110	2.3 (1.9, 2.8)	(45.5, 0.102)
	Moderate	2	42, 308	1.8 (1.5, 2.5)	(52.3, 0.145)
	Mild	4	50, 754	1.4 (1.1, 1.8)	(60.9, 0.053)
Geographical locations	Eastern Africa	9	14, 601	1.8 (1.1, 3.0)	(75.9, < 0.001)
	Western Africa	3	16, 611	2.5 (1.9, 3.3)	(23, 0.273)
	Sothern Africa	8	36, 303	2.1 (1.8, 2.3)	(35.3, 0.147)
	Multicounty	3	58, 275	2.4 (1.3, 4.4)	(80, 0.007)
Sample size	≥ 5, 470	6	103, 441	1.8 (1.5, 2.3)	(79.3, < 0.001)
	<  5, 470	17	22, 349	2.3 (1.9, 2.9)	(56.6, 0.002)
Publication year	≤ 2012	9	45, 657	2.3 (1.9, 2.7)	(65.6, 0.003)
	>  2012	14	80, 133	1.9 (1.5, 2.4)	(68.2, < 0.001)
Quality score	Good	13	93, 236	2.05 (1.7, 2.5)	(73.3, < 0.001)
	Fair/ poor	10	32, 554	2.2 (1.7, 2.8)	(51.5, 0.029)