Prevalence and risk factors of tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the prevalence and risk factors associated with tuberculosis (TB) among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in China.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines. After the literature was screened based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, STATA^® version 17.0 software was used for the meta-analysis. The heterogeneity among study data was assessed using I² statistics. Subgroup analysis and meta-regressions were performed to further explore the source of heterogeneity.

Results

A total of 5241 studies were retrieved. Of these, 44 studies were fo

SUBMITTER: Qi CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481577 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature