Table 4.
Combined effect estimate for the relationship between exposure to fungal genera and respiratory symptoms among U-5C
| Model in subgroup analysis | Number of studies | I2 (%) |
Summary Effect Estimate for pooled adjusted data [95% CI] |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1: Two most reported fungal genera; Penicillium and Cladosporium species | (4) | 0 | 1.51 [1.31, 1.76] | < 0.00001 |
| Model 2: Three commonly reported fungal genera; Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium | (3) | 0 | 1.66 [1.34, 2.06] | < 0.00001 |
| Model 3: Four reported fungal genera; Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium and Alternaria | (2) | 0 | 1.73 [1.30, 2.31] | 0.0002 |