Prevalence of Escherichia coli in Under-Five Children with Diarrhea in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Subgroup estimate of the pooled prevalence of Escherichia coli in under-five children with diarrhea in Ethiopia.

Variables	Characteristics	Included studies	Sample size	Prevalence of E. coli (95% CI)
Region	Addis Ababa	8	1684	27 (7, 47)
	Amhara	2	585	54 (−0.21, 1.29)
Publication year	1976–1990	3	637	35 (−6, 76)
	1991–2010	1	345	21 (−20, 62)
	2011–2019	6	1356	21 (3, 39)
Detection method	Serotyping	2	767	25 (−12, 63)
	Serotyping and enterotoxin test	2	529	31 (−12, 75)
	Culture only	5	934	19 (0, 38)
	Molecular method	2	206	31 (−15, 77)
By sample size	≤200	6	809	21 (1, 40)
	>200	5	1627	26 (2, 49)