Table 3

- Meta-analysis for pooled proportion of subjects who had awareness about hypertension across the published studies.

Author and yearSample sizeAwareness proportion (%)95%CIWeight (%)
FixedRandom
Al-Nozha et al, 20071723033.09932.397 to 33.80845.0116.87
Saeed et al, 2011475844.70443.284 to 46.13012.4316.80
El Bcheraoui et al, 20141073542.19841.262 to 43.13928.0416.86
Abolfotouh et al, 1996173923.50721.543 to 25.5854.8316.66
Alsuwaida & Alghonaim, 201181461.42557.983 to 64.7842.1316.36
Mirza A, 201677053.89650.301 to 57.4612.0116.33
Total (fixed effects)3827636.96536.482 to 37.451100.00100.00
Total (random effects)3827642.73935.179 to 50.475100.00100.00