C.
trachomatis prevalence for women and men was high and ranged from 0 to 32.7%
and 0 to 23.3%, respectively (95% CI). The pooled prevalence of the bacterium
in the female population was 12.3% (95% CI: 10.6-14.2%) and in men was 10.9%
(95% CI: 7.6-15.4%). A high level of heterogeneity was seen for both men (I2 = 77.4%; P < 0.001) and women (I2 = 77.5%; P < 0.001); but in men and
not in women, some evidence for publication bias was observed [Egger's test
(two-tailed P = 0.013); Begg's test (two-tailed P = 0.025)]. Analysis of
symptomatic/infertile group with asymptomatic/fertile group in females, the
overall OR was above 1 and the overall P-value was below zero.
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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