Table 6.
Summary of subgroup analysis of the three most commonly reported chronic liver disease etiology estimates in terms of study regions and publication/study year in Ethiopia, 2021.
| Variables | No. of studies | Estimates | 95% CI | p value |
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| Hepatitis B virus | ||||
| Addis Ababa | 5 | 40.0 | 26.0, 55.0 | 0.32 |
| Northern region | 2 | 56.0 | 13.0, 100.0 | |
| Oromia | 4 | 31.0 | 23.0, 39.0 | |
| Before 2016 | 4 | 29.0 | 23.0, 35.0 | 0.01 |
| Since 2016 | 7 | 46.0 | 34.0, 58.0 | |
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| Hepatitis C virus | ||||
| Addis Ababa | 5 | 23.0 | 15.0, 30 | <0.001 |
| Northern region | 2 | 15.0 | 9.0, 22.0 | |
| Oromia | 4 | 5.0 | 1.0, 8.0 | |
| Before 2016 | 4 | 21.0 | 4.0, 37.0 | 0.33 |
| Since 2016 | 7 | 12.0 | 5.0, 19.0 | |
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| Alcohol | ||||
| Addis Ababa | 2 | 8.0 | −4.0, 21.0 | 0.38 |
| Northern region | 2 | 37.0 | −2.0, 76.0 | |
| Oromia | 3 | 12.0 | −0.0, 24.0 | |