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Table 1 Characteristics of the individual studies included in this systematic review and meta-analysis

From: The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of institutional and community-based studies

References

Study population

Region _Ethiopia

Diagnosis

Total sample size (N)

Diseased (n)

Proportion (n/N)

Accorsi et al. [15]

Hospital based

Oromia

CVD

22,377

642

2.8%

Deresse et al. [21]

HOSPITAL-based

SNNPS

CVD (stroke)

1471

201

13.7%

Engel et al. [14]

Community-based

Oromia

CVD (RHD)

2000

61

3%

Gebremariam and Moges [18]

Hospital-based

Addis Ababa

CVD

3672

106

2.9%

Gemech et al. [13]

Community-based

Oromia

RHD

987

56

5.7%

Gordon et al. [17]

Hospital-based

Amhara

CVD

1927

392

20.3%

Abebe et al. [16]

community based

Amhara

CVD

67,397

404

0.6%

Yadeta et al. [19]

Community-based

National

CVD (RHD)

3238

59

1.8%

Endriyas et al. [20]

Hospital-based

SNNP

CVD

22,320

1246

5.6