| | Variable | Characteristic | Number of studies | Sample size | No. of positives | Prevalence (95% CI) | I-squared, -value |
| | Region | Oromia | 15 (22.4%) | 6163 | 2611 | 38.45% (27.04, 49.86) | 99%, | | SNNP | 13 (19.4%) | 20283 | 4971 | 35.58 (25.80, 45.37) | 99.4%, | | Addis Ababa | 3 (4.5%) | 5504 | 833 | 34.45 (−10.99, 79.90) | 99.9%, | | Amhara | 27 (41.2%) | 45627 | 15195 | 33.84 (25.85, 41.83) | 99.7%, | | Harare | 1 (1.5%) | 340 | 91 | 26.80 (21.95, 31.65) | I2 = , = | | Tigray | 7 (10.4%) | 23953 | 1803 | 20.38 (8.95, 31.82) | 98.7%, | | Benishangul-Gumuz | 1 (1.5%) | 395 | 50 | 12.7 (9.5, 16.4) | I2 = , = |
| | Sample size | ≤300 | 12 | 2729 | 671 | 24.57 (11.64, 37.49) | 99%, | | >300 | 55 | 99536 | 25043 | 35.27 (30.34, 40.20) | 99.6%, |
| | Pooled prevalence among nature or study participants | School children | 28 | 28228 | 11969 | 36.33(28.51, 44.15) | 99.4%, | | Patient | 13 | 59638 | 7780 | 17.96 (14.07, 21.86) | 99%, | | Food handlers | 7 | 2075 | 516 | 25.14 (9.16, 41.11) | 99.2%, | | Under five children | 6 | 2218 | 848 | 37.83 (26.19, 49.47) | 97%, | | Pregnant women | 6 | 2422 | 1032 | 35.89 (15.66, 56.12) | 99.2%, | | Rural dwellers | 4 | 6726 | 3031 | 51.76 (38.14, 65.37) | 98.9%, | | Urban dwellers | 3 | 958 | 538 | 53.45 (-2.28, 109.19) | 99.8%, |
| | Pooled prevalence in years (trends) | 2010-2014 | 19 | 12354 | 4681 | 44.64 (34.39, 54.89) | 99.3%, | | 2015-2019 | 48 | 89911 | 21033 | 29.08 (24.12, 34.04) | 99.6%, |
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