Table 5 Trim and fill analysis of the prevalence of VRSA in Ethiopia
Method | Pooled est. | 95% CI | Asymptotic | No. of studies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | z-value | p-value | |||
Fixed | 3.966 | 3.322 | 4.611 | 12.062 | < 0.001 | 31 |
Random | 14.516 | 11.593 | 17.438 | 9.734 | < 0.001 | |
Test for heterogeneity: Q = 426.039 on 30 degrees of freedom (p < 0.001) | ||||||
Moment-based estimate of between studies variance = 50.509 | ||||||
Trimming estimator: Linear | ||||||
Meta-analysis type: Fixed-effects model | ||||||
Iteration | Estimate | Tn | # To trim | Diff | ||
1 | 3.966 | 462 | 14 | 496 | ||
2 | 2.825 | 485 | 16 | 46 | ||
3 | 2.735 | 485 | 16 | 0 | ||
Filled | ||||||
Meta-analysis | ||||||
Method | Pooled est. | 95% CI | Asymptotic | No. of studies | ||
Lower | Upper | z-value | p-value | |||
Fixed | 2.735 | 2.107 | 3.364 | 8.533 | < 0.001 | 47 |
Random | 3.561 | 0.391 | 6.730 | 2.202 | 0.028 | |
Test for heterogeneity: Q = 848.753 on 46 degrees of freedom (p < 0.001) | ||||||
Moment-based estimate of between studies variance = 95.679 | ||||||