Table 4 The prevalence of C. difficile toxinotypes in each sample type
Toxinotype | Sample type | Number of studies | Prevalence (%) | Lower limit | Upper limit | Z-value | p value | I2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O | R-meat | 3 | 8.81 | 3.32 | 21.35 | − 4.43 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
Seafood | 1 | 42.31 | 25.20 | 61.49 | − 0.78 | 0.43 | 0.000 | |
Overall | 4 | 26.05 | 15.91 | 39.60 | − 3.291 | 0.001 | 71.943 | |
Test of heterogeneity between subgroups: Q-value: 9.433, p value: 0.002 | ||||||||
III | R-meat | 4 | 19.93 | 7.55 | 43.11 | − 2.45 | 0.01 | 64.128 |
RTE meat | 1 | 36.36 | 14.33 | 66.12 | − 0.89 | 0.37 | 0.000 | |
Overall | 5 | 26.58 | 13.69 | 45.24 | − 2.413 | 0.016 | 58.436 | |
Test of heterogeneity between subgroups: Q-value: 0.966, p value: 0.326 | ||||||||
V | R-meat | 5 | 75.65 | 49.87 | 90.66 | 1.95 | 0.05 | 75.058 |
R-poultry | 1 | 93.75 | 46.14 | 99.62 | 1.85 | 0.06 | 0.000 | |
RTE meat | 1 | 63.64 | 33.88 | 85.67 | 0.89 | 0.37 | 0.000 | |
Seafood | 2 | 38.03 | 3.87 | 90.33 | − 0.35 | 0.73 | 79.274 | |
Overall | 9 | 70.95 | 53.09 | 84.05 | 2.275 | 0.023 | 78.361 | |
Test of heterogeneity between subgroups: Q-value: 2.99, p value: 0.393 | ||||||||