Food insecurity and the risk of depression in people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Summary of the subgroup and Sensitivity analysis of all studies based on type of the severity food insecurity, adjustment for drug use, ART and social support and quality of the included studies

Subgroups	Studies, n	Relative risk (%)	95% CI	Heterogeneity across the studies		Heterogeneity between the groups (P value)
Subgroups	Studies, n	Relative risk (%)	95% CI	I²	P value	Heterogeneity between the groups (P value)
Level of food insecurity						0.813
Mild	2	1.83	1.09–3.07	75.28	0.044
Moderate	2	1.95	0.85–4.53	81.34	0.021
Severe	2	2.59	1.03–6.48	93.02	< 0.001
Adjustment for drug use						0.134
Adjusted	2	1.63	1.27–2.10 2	0.00	0.850	0.134
Not adjusted	5	2.71	1.46–5.00	89.83	< 0.001
Adjustment for social support						0.902
Adjusted	2	2.21	1.18–4.16	18.02	0.269
Not adjusted	5	2.31	1.48–3.63	89.07	< 0.001
Adjustment for ART						0.599
Adjusted	2	1.96	1.17–3.28	51.67	0.269
Not adjusted	5	2.43	1.32–4.48	88.93	< 0.001

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