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Table 4 Sensitivity and heterogeneity test of pooled case-control and cross-sectional studies

From: Anemia as a risk factor for tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study omitted

OR (95% CI)

Heterogeneity: I2%

Lienhardt et al. (2005) mild anemia [27]

3.57 (2.46–5.19)

96.6

Lienhardt et al. (2005) moderate and severe anemia [27]

3.13 (2.20–4.44)

96.3

Taha et al. (2011) mild anemia [28]

3.93 (2.90–5.32)

93.8

Taha et al. (2011) moderate and severe anemia [28]

3.47 (2.19–5.50)

96.5

Kerkhoff et al. (2014) mild anemia [11]

3.85(2.69–5.50)

96.2

Kerkhoff et al. (2014) moderate anemia [11]

3.56 (2.35–5.40)

96.6

Kerkhoff et al. (2014) severe anemia [11]

3.22 (2.30–4.49)

94.3

Pefura et al. (2013) anemia severity not defined [29]

3.92 ( 2.76–5.56)

96.3

Iroezindu et al. (2016) anemia severity not defined [24]

3.54 (2.51–5.01)

96.6

Combined

3.56 (2.53–5.01)

96.1

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, I2 shows the heterogeneity of the included studies when the corresponding study is omitted