Feeding Practices among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed Infants in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Subgroup analysis which describes pooled prevalence of infant feeding practice among HIV-exposed infants in Ethiopia.

Subgroups			Number of studies included	Pooled prevalence (95% CI)	value	I^2
Exclusive breast feeding practice	Region	Oromia	6	56.56% (30.6, 86.51)	<0.001	99.5%
		Addis ababa	6	52.7% (32.14, 73.25)	<0.001	99.0%
		Amhara	7	72.84% (62.41, 83.28)	<0.001	96.8%
		SNNP	4	54.27 (9.63, 98.91)	<0.001	99.8%
		Tigray	3	89.75% (87.56, 91.95)	0.798	0.0%
	Study year	Before 2015	15	58.75% (42.69, 74.82)	<0.001	99.5%
		2015 and above	11	71.21% (59.19, 83.22)	<0.001	98.7%
	Sampling techniques	Random sampling	6	58.25% (32.74, 83.77)	<0.001	99.3%
		Consecutive	4	71.26% (43.26, 99.26)	<0.001	98.7%
		Systematic random	15	67.40% (53.17, 81.63)	<0.001	99.3%
Replacement feeding practice	Region	Oromia	5	13.27% (5.75, 20.79)	<0.001	98.7%
		Addis ababa	4	23.80% (7.95, 39.66)	<0.001	99.2%
		Amhara	6	16.75% (8.50, 25.00)	<0.01	96.1%
		SNNP	4	21.16% (−5.05, 47.37)	<0.001	99.8%
		Tigray	3	3.92% (2.52, 5.33)	0.771	0.0%
	Study years	Before 2015	12	16.84%(10.91, 22.76)	<0.001	99.3%
		2015 and above years	10	15.37% (8.69, 22.05)	<0.001	98.0%
	Sampling techniques	Random sampling	6	11.47% (4.48, 18.46)	<0.001	98.3%
		Consecutive	4	16.16% (2.31, 30.01)	<0.001	98.7%
		Systematic random	11	20.63% (10.33, 30.93)	<0.001	99.0%
Mixed feeding practice	Regions	Oromia	6	26.46% (−2.35, 55.27)	<0.001	99.7%
		Addis ababa	3	40.03% (−0.80, 80.86)	<0.001	99.6%
		Amhara	6	12.16% (10.50, 13.82)	0.405	1.8%
		SNNP	4	22.05% (8.24, 35.87)	<0.001	97.9%
		Tigray	3	6.29% (4.53, 8.05)	0.948	0.0%
	Study years	Before 2015	10	24.46% (7.72, 41.19)	<0.001	99.5%
		2015 and above	4	8.98% (4.19, 13.77)	<0.001	87.5%
	Sampling	Simple random	6	27.52% (4.48, 50.57%)	<0.001	99.4%
		Consecutive	4	14.90% (2.40, 27.40)	<0.001	97.9%
		Systematic random	11	13.53% (9.96, 17.11)	<0.001	89.4%