Table 7.

Pooled prevalence analysis of malaria in symptomatic pregnant women.

References	Sample size	Proportion (%)	95% CI	Weight (%)
				Fixed	Random
Chauhan et al. (22)	120	12.500	7.168–19.778	4.95	18.35
Guin et al. (23)	500	7.400	5.264–10.056	20.48	20.66
Qureshi et al. (24)	1,222	10.720	9.041–12.591	50.00	21.17
Chawla and Manu (26)	416	6.490	4.320–9.303	17.05	20.50
Datta et al. (28)	183	34.973	28.085–42.356	7.52	19.33
Total (fixed effects)	2,441	10.737	9.538–12.032	100.00	100.00
Total (random effects)	2,441	13.131	7.192–20.519	100.00	100.00
Test for heterogeneity
Q	82.2593
DF	4
Significance level	P < 0.0001
I2 (inconsistency)	95.14%
95% CI for I2	91.30–97.28
Publication bias
Egger's test
Intercept	4.5794
95% CI	−13.1941–22.3530
Significance level	P = 0.4723
Begg's test
Kendall's Tau	0.2000
Significance level	P = 0.6242