Table 7 Subgroup meta-analysis for the percentage of prevalence effect size of stunting among adolescents living with HIV in LMICs

Sub-group by country

 Brazil

3

17.4 (5.5, 29.3)

0.004

15.32

86.35

0.009

7.33

 Cambodia^a

1

47.0 (41.0, 53.0)

 < 0.001

 Cameroon^a

1

37.0 (26.0, 48.0)

 < 0.001

 Central and West-African^a

1

24.0 (21.0, 27.0)

 < 0.001

 Ethiopia^a

1

33.0 (27.0, 39.0)

 < 0.001

 Uganda

2

30.1 (18.3, 41.8)

 < 0.001

5.7

82.47

0.006

7.30

Sub-Group by study design

 Case control study^a

1

37.0 (26.0, 48.0)

 < 0.001

0.000

 Cross-sectional study

7

30.3 (23.4, 37.1)

 < 0.001

61.09

89.58

0.008

9.60

 Observational study^a

1

6.0 (-7.0, 12.7)

0.078

0.000

Study Population

 Only Adolescent age population

4

32(25.0, 38.0)

 < 0.001

17.34

78.47

0.00

4.64

 Mixed age population

5

25(12.0, 38.0)

 < 0.001

88.87

94.22

0.02

17.3