Table 5.

Meta-regression of selected predictors to the incidence of tuberculosis among HIV-positive patients in Ethiopia (2010–2019)

Study level variables	Low CD4 count				Not using IPT
	HR with 95% CI	I2	Tau2	Adj. R2	HR with 95% CI	I2	Tau2	Adj. R2
Study population
Children	Ref.
Adults	2.12 [1.17, 3.86]	90.6%	0.28	0	2.94 [0.50, 17.02]	71.4%	0.52	25.97%
Study setting
Health facility-based	Ref.
Hospital based	0.96 [0.21, 4.44]	92.6%	0.36	26.5%	0.31 [0.06, 1.63]	69.2%	0.44	37.93%
Follow-up time (years)
≤ 5	Ref.
> 5	2.18 [0.73, 6.50]	78.4%	0.15	46.05%	0.53 [0.06, 5.08]	68.4%	0.68	3.61%