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Table 2 Characteristics of included studies

From: The prevalence of insufficient iodine intake in pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author, year

Country, period of data collection

Sample type (national/subnational)

Sample size

UIC median [IQR] or [mean ± sd]

Risk of bias: 0–3 low

4–6 intermediate

7–9 high

Before 1995

 Chaouki, 1994 [23]

Algeria (1994)

Sub-national

982

[17.9 ± 0.1]

2 – low

 Ngo, 1997 [24]

DRC (1991–1992)

National

306

39.3 [31.1, 52.9]

0 – low

19952005

 Hess, 1999 [25]

Cote de'Ivore

Sub-national

72

351 [74 - 2241]

2 – low

 Hess, 1999 [25]

Cote de'Ivore

Sub-national

66

136 [12 - 915]

1 – low

 Ojule 1998 [26]

Nigeria, 1998

Sub-national

90

[213.4 ± 9.9]

3 – low

 Ojule 1998 [26]

Nigeria, 1998

Sub-national

105

[149 ± 14.7]

3 – low

 Dillon, 2000 [27]

Senegal 1996–1997

Sub-national

462

[60 ± 39]

1 – low

 Eltom, 2000 [28]

Sudan 1998–1999

Sub-national

47

38 [12.7, 50.8]

3 – low

 Lwenje, 2000 [29]

Swaziland

National

165

295 [95% CI 265.5–425.6]

1 – low

20062020

 Akdader-Oudahmane, 2020 [30]

Algeria 2016–2017

Sub-national

173

233 [157, 326]

4 – intermediate

 Garnier et al., 2016 [31]

Burkina Faso

National

946

74 [NA, NA]

1 – low

 Kavishe et al., 2020 [32]

Burundi 2018

National

87

86.7 [NA, NA]

1 – low

 Habimana et al., 2013 [33]

DRC, 2009–2011

Sub-national

225

138 [105, 172]

1– low

 IGN, 2017 [14, 34]

Djibouti, 2015 (NS)

National

230

265 [170, 445]

0 – low

 MOHP, 2017 [35]

Egypt, 2014–2015

National

1498

135 [NA, NA]

0 – low

 Hamza, 2007 [36]

Egypt, 2006

Sub-national

113

[102.9 ± 31.1]

2 – low

 Elsayed, 2016 [37]

Egypt,2016

Sub-national

400

170 [NA, NA]

1 – low

 Mohammed, 2020 [38]

Ethiopia, 2013–2014

Sub-national

562

120.6 [68.9, 216.4]

1 – low

 Fereja, 2018 [39]

Ethiopia

Sub-national

354

85.7 [45.7, 136]

1 – low

 Kedir, 2014 [40]

Ethiopia, 2012

Sub-national

435

58.1[21.4, 111.1]

1 – low

 Ersino, 2013 [41]

Ethiopia, 2009

Sub-national

172

15 [2.5, 33]

2 – low

 Takele, 2017 [42]

Ethiopia, 2017

Sub-national

403

137 [97, 177]

1 – low

 Keno, 2017 [43]

Ethiopia, 2014

Sub-national

40

88.6 [66.9, 133.5]

3 – low

 Negeri, 2014 [44]

Ethiopia, 2011

Sub-national

423

48 [NA, NA]

2 – low

 NaNA, 2019 [45]

Gambia 2018

National

118

113.5 [50.1, 205.9]

0 – low

 GHS, 2017 [46]

Ghana, 2015

National

102

183.5 [NA, NA]

0 – low

 Gyamfi, 2018 [47]

Ghana, 2016 (ss)

Sub-national

239

159 [NA, NA]

3 – low

 Adu-Afarwuah, 2018 [48]

Ghana, 2009–2011

Sub-national

295

137 [78, 221]

2 – low

 Farebrother et al., 2018 [49]

Kenya

Sub-national

162

337 [198, 505]

4 – intermediate

 Randremanana, 2019 [50]

Madagascar, 2014

National

170

53 [9, 89]

0 – low

 Stinca, 2017 [51, 52]

Morocco 2013–2014

Sub-national

245

32 [17, 58]

3 – low

 Sadou 2013 [53]

Niger 2012

Sub-national

240

119 [NA, NA]

2 – low

 Hess, 2016 [54]

Niger, 2014–2015

Sub-national

662

69 [38.1, 114.3]

1 – low

 Jibril, 2016 [55]

Nigeria, 2014

Sub-national

300

193 [NA, NA]

2 – low

 Kayode, 2019 [56]

Nigeria, 2012

Sub-national

133

135 [NA, NA]

1 – low

 Ujowundu, 2010 [57]

Nigeria, 2009

Sub-national

302

[152.09 ± 41.65 ]

2 – low

 Rohner, 2016 [58]

Sierra Leone, 2013

National

154

175.8 [NA, NA]

0 – low

 MOH-FGS, 2020 [34]

Somalia, 2018–2019

National

236

369 [142.9, 752]

0 – low

 Mabasa, 2019 [59]

South Africa, 2012–2013

Sub-national

565

164 [92, 291]

3 – low

 Stinca, 2017 [51, 52]

South Africa

Sub-national

207

174 [95.3, 297.6]

3 – low

 Mtumwa, 2017 [60]

Tanzania, 2009–2010

National

947

136.8 [58.8, 258]

1 – low

 Ba, 2020 [61]

Tanzania, 2015–2016

National

266

156.1 [64.6, 260.4]

0 – low

 Stinca, 2017 [51, 52]

Tanzania, 2016

Sub-national

330

422 [270, 609]

3 – low

 Chinyanga, 2006 [62]

Zimbabwe, 2006

Sub-national

94

115.5 [43, 225]

4 – intermediate