Table 4.

Overview of pooled analyses of ICH incidence and mortality

LifetimeChildren and young adultsNeonates*
All studiesStudies without neonatal ICH
Pooled ICH single-event incidence rate per 1000 person-years (95% CI)     
 All included studies 2.3 (1.2-4.8) 7.4 (4.9-11.1) 4.5 (2.7-7.5) 2.1 (1.5-2.8) 
 Sensitivity analysis: only studies with reported person-years 3.2 (2.1-4.7) 9.4 (4.3-20.6) 5.9 (3.0-11.3) NA 
 Sensitivity analysis: only studies that met ≥80% of the quality items 3.2 (2.1-4.9) 5.0 (3.8-6.4) 3.5 (2.8-4.4) 1.7 (1.1-2.7) 
Pooled ICH mortality rate per 1000 person-years (95% CI)     
 All included studies 0.8 (0.5-1.2) 0.5 (0.3-0.9) 0.2 (0.1-0.6) 0.2 (0.0-1.2) 
 Sensitivity analysis: only studies with reported person-years 0.8 (0.4-1.3) 0.4 (0.2-1.1) 0.2 (0.1-0.8) NA 
 Sensitivity analysis: only studies that met ≥ 80% of the quality items 0.6 (0.4-1.1) 0.6 (0.4-1.1) 0.2 (0.0-0.6) 0.2 (0.0-1.2) 
LifetimeChildren and young adultsNeonates*
All studiesStudies without neonatal ICH
Pooled ICH single-event incidence rate per 1000 person-years (95% CI)     
 All included studies 2.3 (1.2-4.8) 7.4 (4.9-11.1) 4.5 (2.7-7.5) 2.1 (1.5-2.8) 
 Sensitivity analysis: only studies with reported person-years 3.2 (2.1-4.7) 9.4 (4.3-20.6) 5.9 (3.0-11.3) NA 
 Sensitivity analysis: only studies that met ≥80% of the quality items 3.2 (2.1-4.9) 5.0 (3.8-6.4) 3.5 (2.8-4.4) 1.7 (1.1-2.7) 
Pooled ICH mortality rate per 1000 person-years (95% CI)     
 All included studies 0.8 (0.5-1.2) 0.5 (0.3-0.9) 0.2 (0.1-0.6) 0.2 (0.0-1.2) 
 Sensitivity analysis: only studies with reported person-years 0.8 (0.4-1.3) 0.4 (0.2-1.1) 0.2 (0.1-0.8) NA 
 Sensitivity analysis: only studies that met ≥ 80% of the quality items 0.6 (0.4-1.1) 0.6 (0.4-1.1) 0.2 (0.0-0.6) 0.2 (0.0-1.2) 

All forest plots of the presented pooled data can be found in supplemental material.

NA, not applicable for studies on the neonatal period, as all included studies on neonates report exact numbers of live births. 

*

Cumulative incidence and mortality presented per 100 live births (95% CI) for pooled analyses of studies on neonates.

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