Figure 2.

The probiotic formulation used as adjuvant reduced the relative risk of unresolved diarrhea. (a) Forest plot of studies with an efficacy outcome (effective rate) for diarrhea of various etiologies. Events refers to the number of cases categorized as inefficient (unresolved diarrhea); Total refers to the number of participants in the Experimental (Probiotic) and Control groups. The 12 studies included in the meta-analysis are detailed in Table 2. (References: Cui, 2003 [22], Li, 2008 [24], Jiang, 2008 [26], Yang, 2010 [25], Wang, 2012 [20], Luo, 2013 [19], Gao, 2013 [15], Wu, 2013 [21], Jin, 2014 [23], Liu, 2015 [18], Liang, 2018 [17], Li, 2020 [16]). (b) Mosaic plot showing the risk of bias summary of the studies included in the meta-analysis.