Review Article
Trend of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Ethiopian Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2000-2018)
Table 2
Metaregression analysis of prevalence of STHs by study period.
| Parasite species | No. of studies | Pooled prevalence % (95% CI) | β | value | 2000-2013 | 2014-2018 | Overall |
| Hookworms | 34 | 11.7 (8.0-16.8) | 8.7 (6.5-13.4) | 10.4 (7.9-13.7) | -0.01141 | 0.138 | A. lumbricoides | 34 | 12.2 (8.2-17.9) | 10.0 (6.7-14.6) | 11.2 (8.4-14.8) | -0.02173 | 0.610 | T. trichiura | 32 | 3.2 (1.5-5.5) | 4.2 (2.2-8.0) | 3.6 (2.4-5.4) | 0.0326 | 0.565 |
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