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. 2021 Dec 30;53(6):499–510. doi: 10.4103/ijp.ijp_839_21

Table 1.

Pooled prevalence of proportion of various clinical presentations described among COVID-19-associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis patient population

Clinical feature Number of studies/reference Event/total Pooled data
SE Over all P Heterogeneity
Pooled proportion 95% CI I2 (%) Tau 2/Q/DF Heterogeneity P
Clinical feature
 Loss of vision 10[6,14,25,26,27,29,35,38,39,44] 71/141 0.537 0.282-0.793 0.130 <0.001 93 0.151/147.530/9 <0.001
 Lid edema 9[25,26,29,31,34,35,37,39,43] 35/70 0.515 0.278-0.751 0.121 <0.001 84 0.105/52.026/8 <0.001
 Ophthalmoplegia 8[14,29,30,31,35,37,38,43] 66/107 0.573 0.395-0.751 0.091 <0.001 72 0.042/25.310/7 <0.001
 Proptosis 8[14,26,29,35,37,38,39,43] 56/95 0.606 0.385-0.826 0.112 <0.001 87 0.082/56.483/7 <0.001
 Facial edema 6[29,34,35,37,39,43] 19/52 0.347 0.216-0.477 0.067 <0.001 9 0.003/5.514/5 <0.001
 Palatal involvement 3[26,29,44] 13/21 0.575 0.162-0.989 0.211 0.006 79 0.104/9.717/2 0.008
 Ptosis 4[14,26,29,39] 26/37 0.727 0.534-0.920 0.099 <0.001 53 0.020/6.458/3 0.091
 Pupil involvement 3[14,26,31] 11/19 0.581 0.362-0.801 0.112 <0.001 0 0.000/0.356/2 0.837
 Palatal Eschar 6[26,29,34,35,38,44] 20/74 0.356 0.058-0.654 0.152 0.019 91 0.120/59.771/5 <0.001
 Optic nerve involvement 2[34,35] 4/17 0.230 0.031-0.430 0.102 0.023 0 0.000/0.163/1 0.687
 Nasal blockage 2[29,39] 3/25 0.118 −0.008-0.244 0.064 0.067 0 0.000/0.067/1 0.796
Radiological feature
 Sinonasal involvement 4[24,38,39,43] 47/79 0.549 −0.013-1.11 0.287 0.056 98 0.319/235.393/3 <0.001
 Rhino-orbital involvement 8[7,14,26,31,37,39,43,44] 165/259 0.708 0.539-0.877 0.086 <0.001 87 0.044/57.998/7 <0.001
 Intracranial spread 13[6,7,14,24,25,26,27,29,32,35,37,39,44] 103/333 0.428 0.297-0.560 0.067 <0.001 82 0.042/69.656 <0.001
 Involvement of orbital apex 2[14,34] 8/21 0.257 −168-0.882 0.268 0.183 89 0.129/9.578/1 0.002
 Involvement of cavernous sinus 8[26,29,30,31,32,37,38,39] 36/132 0.403 0.22-0.595 0.098 <0.001 88 0.059/60.787/7 <0.001

CI=Confidence interval, SE=Standard error