Table 3.
Prevalence of IPs and EBIs among food handlers in Ethiopia by subgroup analysis.
| Variables | Characteristics | Number of studies | Sample size | Prevalence(95% CI) | I 2, P value |
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| Sample size | <200 | 4 | 603 | 36.39 (95% CI: 27.18, 45.60) | 92.56%, P < 0.001 |
| >200 | 16 | 5241 | 27.34 (95% CI: 19.64, 35.04) | 98.07%, P < 0.001 | |
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| Pooled prevalence of IPs and EBIs by region | Amhara | 6 | 1947 | 24.36 (95% CI: 9.67, 39.65) | 98.73%, P < 0.001 |
| Oromia | 5 | 863 | 38.56 (95% CI: 29.98, 47.14) | 91.68%, P < 0.001 | |
| SNNPR | 6 | 1932 | 31.03 (95% CI: 19.66, 42.40) | 97.42%, P < 0.001 | |
| Tigray | 3 | 1102 | 19.45 (95% CI: 6.08, 32.83) | 96.60%, P < 0.001 | |
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| Pooled prevalence of IPs and EBIs by year | 2014–2018 | 7 | 2153 | 27.26 (95% CI: 16.55, 37.97) | 98.27%, P < 0.001 |
| 2019–2022 | 14 | 3691 | 30.16 (95% CI: 21.68, 38.83) | 97.46%, P < 0.001 | |
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| Pooled prevalence of IPs and EBIs by study area | University | 10 | 2656 | 23.04 (95% CI: 15.24, 30.84) | 97.34%, P < 0.001 |
| Town/district/zone | 10 | 3188 | 35.25 (95% CI: 25.87, 44.63) | 97.23%, P < 0.001 | |
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| Overall | 20 | 5844 | 29.16 (95% CI: 22.61, 35.71) | 97.77%, P < 0.001 | |