Table 2.

Sub-group analysis for prevalence of carbapenem resistant K. pneumoniae colonization

Continent	Prevalence	I-squared	Number of studies
Grouping variable
Asia	4.56 (2.51–7.15)	97.2	14
Africa	14.34 (9.48–19.97)	69.44	2
Europe	6.16 (3.30–9.80)	95.56	9
America	7.39 (2.34–14.84)	92.71	3
Design
Cohort	4.98 (2.07–9.02)	97.77	10
Case-control	2.66 (1.7–3.81)	82.01	4
Cross-sectional	6.52 (3.67–10.09)	97.38	16