Chronic Liver Disease in Ethiopia with a Particular Focus on the Etiological Spectrums: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

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	value
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
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
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