Investigating the prevalence of the concomitant osteomyelitis in pediatric hip septic arthritis: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

Table 3 Sensitivity analysis of included studies

Subgroups	Studies, n	Cases (n)	Prevalence (%)	95% CI	Heterogeneity across the studies		Heterogeneity between groups (P-value)
Subgroups	Studies, n	Cases (n)	Prevalence (%)	95% CI	I²	P-value	Heterogeneity between groups (P-value)
Age(years)
<4	4	71	35.7%	12.0-69.4	81.861	0.001	0.413
≥4	13	431	33.3%	26.0-41.5	57.442	0.005
Continent
Europe	5	128	30.9%	19.8-44.8	51.534	0.083	0.008
Asia	6	122	29.0%	13.5-51.8	76.986	0.001
America	10	434	36.6%	30.1-43.6	44.143	0.065
Quality of studies
High	8	442	35.9%	27.6-45.2	69.419	0.002	0.003
Fair	13	242	30.8%	22.8-40.3	48.550	0.025
Time periods of studies
1976-2010	8	174	29.4%	20.7-39.9	42.020	0.098	0.001
2011-2023	13	510	35.2%	27.6-43.7	66.012

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