Table 4.
Overall pooled prevalence estimates of FBD/FBP in human stool and environmental samples, estimated from a 20 years studies on Salmonella, E. coli, Shigella and Campylobacter, in Ethiopia
Sample source | Number (K) |
Prevalence (95%CI) | τ2 | I2 | df | Q (P value) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Human | 140 | 6(5.00,6.93) | 0.89 | 93% | 139 | 1991(< 0.01) |
Environment | 91 | 11(8.84,14.1) | 1.50 | 96.7% | 90 | 2745(< 0.01) |
Overall | 231 | 8 (6.51;8.71) | 1.31 | 95.7% | 230 | 5316(< 0.01) |
Q = Heterogeneity chi-square, I2 = Variance in effect size attributable to heterogeneity, τ2 = Estimate of between study variance, df = degree of freedom