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Table 2 Proportion of the mothers with high infectivity overall, by language and quality of papers

From: Should chronic hepatitis B mothers breastfeed? a meta analysis

Groups

Breastfeeding

Formula feeding

 

No of high infectivity/

Total No

Proportion of

high infectivity (%)

No of high infectivity/

Total No

Proportion of

high infectivity (%)

All studies

739/2001

36.9

812/1843

44.1

Language of papers

    

   English

29/90

32. 2

60/239

25.1

   Chinese

710/1911

37.2

752/1604

46.9

Quality of papers

    

   high

37/109

33.9

71/212

33.5

   low

702/1892

37.1

741/1631

45.4

  1. CHB: chronic hepatitis B infection