Magnitude and Predictors of In-Hospital Stroke Mortality in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Meta-analysis of risk factors for in-hospital stroke mortality in Ethiopia.

No.	Risk factor		Number of studies	Meta-analysis			Heterogeneity
		Categories		OR	95% CI	value		value
1	Sex	Male vs. female	6	0.99	[0.66–1.48]	0.957	0.0	0.595
2	Type of stroke	Ischemic vs. hemorrhagic	5	1.81	[1.13–2.92]	0.015	58.2	0.048
3	GCS	>12 vs. ≤12	3	8.51	[4.08–17.76]	<0.001	0.0	0.559
4	Mental status	Normal vs. altered	3	5.59	[3.87–23.05]	<0.001	0.0	0.488
5	Arrival time	>24 vs. ≤24	2	0.82	[0.37–1.80]	0.618	31.8	0.226
6	Medication	Yes vs. no	2	0.70	[0.35–1.40]	0.308	51.3	0.152
7	NIHSS	≤13 vs. >13	2	16.07	[5.25–49.13]	<0.001	0.0	0.698
8	Length of stay		2	2.73	[1.23–6.02]	0.013	0.0	0.879
9	Incontinence	No vs. yes	2	4.87	[1.96–11.12]	0.001	0.0	0.435
10	Pneumonia	No vs. yes	2	4.43	[1.90–10.32]	0.001	0.0	0.678
11	Swallowing difficulty	No vs. yes	2	4.73	[1.54–14.53]	0.007	0.0	0.588

Reference group. GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale.