From: Incidence of acute diarrheal illness in Chinese communities: a meta-analysis
Variable | Cases/Total (No. of studies) | Pooled prevalence prior to 2-week period (%) | 95%CI of prevalence (%) | Annual incidence per person-yeara | 95%CI of incidence per person-year | Q-value (p-value) |
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Overall | 20,134/911240 (n = 35) | 2.04 | 1.48–2.79 | 0.53 | 0.38–0.73 | 15,062.69 (0.000) |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 3428/196522 (n = 15) | 2.22 | 1.30–3.77 | 0.58 | 0.34–0.98 | 3382.42 (0.000) |
Female | 3234/202362 (n = 15) | 2.00 | 1.18–3.37 | 0.52 | 0.31–0.88 | 3074.44 (0.000) |
Age group (year) | ||||||
0–4 | 3832/43463 (16) | 5.51 | 3.76–8.01 | 1.43 | 0.98–2.08 | 1562.38 (< 0.0001) |
5–14 | 3095/103720 (16) | 2.10 | 1.38–3.18 | 0.55 | 0.36–0.83 | 1570.99 (< 0.0001) |
≥15 | 10,325/496007 (16) | 2.01 | 1.28–3.14 | 0.52 | 0.33–0.82 | 1808.43 (< 0.0001) |
Time period | ||||||
1980–1989 | 12,142/243664 (n = 11) | 3.17 | 2.23–4.49 | 0.82 | 0.60–1.27 | 2378.81 (0.000) |
1990–1999 | 1524/94874 (n = 3) | 1.89 | 0.86–4.13 | 0.49 | 0.22–1.07 | 476.52 (0.000) |
2000–2012 | 6066/506591 (n = 19) | 1.84 | 1.34–2.53 | 0.48 | 0.35–0.66 | 2596.51 (0.000) |
Study area | ||||||
Urban | 2510/267115 (n = 14) | 1.28 | 0.80–2.06 | 0.33 | 0.21–0.54 | 1740.58 (0.000) |
Rural | 9445/486495 (n = 27) | 1.94 | 1.38–2.72 | 0.50 | 0.36–0.71 | 6937.73 (0.000) |
East | 4800/415033 (n = 20) | 1.48 | 1.11–1.97 | 0.38 | 0.29–0.51 | 1761.12 (0.000) |
Central | 2704/109382 (n = 4) | 1.85 | 0.75–4.46 | 0.48 | 0.20–1.16 | 1054.45 (0.000) |
West | 4616/248613 (n = 11) | 2.64 | 1.32–5.22 | 0.69 | 0.34–1.36 | 5396.89 (0.000) |
South | 7107/580306 (n = 25) | 1.61 | 1.18–2.21 | 0.42 | 0.47–0.55 | 4179.49 (0.000) |
North | 5013/192722 (n = 10) | 2.52 | 1.37–4.58 | 0.66 | 0.36–1.19 | 3737.22 (0.000) |
Season | ||||||
Spring | 1885/135064 (n = 9) | 0.82 | 0.41–1.63 | 0.20 | 0.11–0.42 | 1275.56 (0.000) |
Summer | 15,131/440994 (n = 26) | 2.33 | 1.71–3.16 | 0.61 | 0.44–0.82 | 6823.59 (0.000) |
Autumn | 1214/113349 (n = 9) | 1.02 | 0.70–1.49 | 0.27 | 0.18–0.39 | 329.64 (0.000) |
Winter | 1080/132643 (n = 12) | 0.94 | 0.77–1.15 | 0.24 | 0.20–0.30 | 95.50 (0.000) |