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Table 2 Characteristics of included studies for meta-analysis, 2000–2017, Ethiopia

From: Prevalence of goiter among children in Ethiopia and associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors name

Publication Year

Source Type

Region

Outcome definition criteria

Study design

Age of study participants (in years)

Response rate (%)

Sample size

Total n outcome

Prevalence (%)

Quality Score

Cherinet A. et al. [34]

2000

Journal

Oromia

WHO/UNICEF/ICIDD

Cross-sectional

6–12

100

1825

664

36.4

6.5

Cherinet A. et al. [34]

2000

Journal

SNNPR

WHO/UNICEF/ICIDD

Cross-sectional

6–12

100

660

515

78.03

6.5

Berhanu N. et al. [33]

2004

Journal

Oromia

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–15

100

1044

286

27.4

7

Girma M. et al. [46]

2012

Journal

SNNPR

WHO/ICCIDD/UNICEF

Cross-sectional

7–9

94.80

110

15

13.6

6

Mezgebu Y. et al. [38]

2012

Journal

Oromia

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–12

100

389

230

59.1

7

Wolka E. et al. [48]

2014

Journal

SNNPR

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–12

100

534

270

50.6

7

Gebriel T. et al. [49]

2014

Journal

Benishangul Gumez

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–12

100

395

104

26.3

7

Mesele M. et al. [43]

2014

Journal

Amhara

WHO/ICCIDD/UNICEF

Cross-sectional

6–12

99.42

694

261

37.6

6

Aweke KA. et al. [42]

2014

Journal

Amhara

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–12

100

513

281

54.7

7

Kibatu G. et al. [44]

2014

Journal

Amhara

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–18

100

200

79

39.5

7

Enyew HD. et al. [36]

2015

Journal

Oromia

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–12

98.20

397

200

50.6

6

Hailu S. et al. [37]

2015

Journal

Oromia

WHO criteria

Cross-sectional

6–12

93.10

393

171

43.5

6.5

Sime HK. et al. [39]

2015

Journal

Oromia

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–12

94

709

264

37.2

7

Emiru S. [35]

2016

Institutional repository

Oromia

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

7–12

100

270

63

23.3

6

Muleta F. et al. [50]

2016

Journal

Benishangul Gumez

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–18

100

200

79

39.5

7

Hibstu DT. et al. [47]

2017

Journal

SNNPR

WHO

Cross-sectional

6–12

99.40

358

126

35.2

7

Tigabu E. et al. [45]

2017

Journal

Amhara

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

7–12

97.60

443

275

62.1

7

Ahmed A. et al. [41]

2017

Journal

Amhara

WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD

Cross-sectional

6–15

100

384

113

29.1

7

Abebe Z. et al. [40]

2017

Journal

Amhara

WHO

Cross-sectional

6–12

100

735

214

29.1

7