Table 8 Subgroup meta-analysis for the percentage of prevalence effect size of wasting among adolescents living with HIV in LMICs

Sub-group by country

 Brazil

3

8.7 (-3.5, 21.0)

0.162

19.04

95.22

0.011

20.91

 Cambodia^a

1

13.1 (9.2, 17.0)

 < 0.001

 Central and West-African^a

1

10.0 (7.8, 12.2)

 < 0.001

 Ethiopia^a

2

40.1 (0.7, 79.5)

0.045

129.28

99.23

0.08

129.28

 Uganda

2

12.7 (2.5, 22.9)

0.015

8.6

88.37

0.005

8.6

Sub-Group by study design

 Cross-sectional study

8

19.3(7.0, 31.6)

0.002

412.0

98.66

0.031

74.41

 Observational study^a

1

2.0 (-1.9, 5.9)

0.317

0.000

Study population

 Only adolescent age population

3

15.6(9.3, 22.0)

0.000

18.3

86.34

0.003

7.32

 Mixed Age Population

6

18.1(1.0, 35.6)

0.000

427.29

98.96

0.047

96.14