Estimation of disability weight for paragonimiasis: a systematic analysis

Table 3 Overall paragonimiasis DW and DWs by species

Type	No. of articles	No. of cases	Additive approach		Multiplicative approach
Type	No. of articles	No. of cases	DW	Uncertainty analysis [median (2.5–97.5%)]	DW	Uncertainty analysis [median (2.5–97.5%]
Overall	80	5302	0.1927	0.1956 (0.1632–0.2378)	0.1791	0.1816 (0.1530–0.2182)
Species reported^a
P. westermani	8	289	0.2829	0.2901 (0.2274–0.3791)	0.2601	0.2660 (0.2121–0.3391)
P. skrjabini	7	701	0.0827	0.0860 (0.0676–0.1115)	0.0804	0.0836 (0.0659–0.1078)
Other	2	130	0.2073	0.2212 (0.1646–0.2983)	0.1951	0.2067 (0.1563–0.2729)
Unknown	64	4182	0.2044	0.2077 (0.1745–0.2493)	0.1889	0.1917 (0.1629–0.2272)
Species estimation^a
P. westermani	38	1132	0.2464	0.2507 (0.2067–0.3102)	0.2255	0.2291 (0.1913–0.2801)
P. skrjabini	38	3459	0.1739	0.1770 (0.1496–0.2097)	0.1622	0.1650 (0.1408–0.1934)
Other	2	581	0.2073	0.2212 (0.1646–0.2983)	0.1951	0.2067 (0.1563–0.2729)
Unknown	3	130	0.1971	0.2014 (0.1537–0.2694)	0.1877	0.1912 (0.1468–0.2543)

^aOne article reported clinical symptoms of both P. westermani and P. skrjabini cases
DW Disability weight

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