Table 1.
Age and sex-specific goiter prevalence in schoolchildren of Amuma District, Addis Alem Kebele, 2011
| Variables | Grade 0 N (%) |
Grade 1 N (%) |
Grade 2 N (%) |
TGR N (%) |
χ2 | P-Value |
| Age | ||||||
| 6–12 (n=117) 13–18 (n=83) |
72 (61.54) 49 (59.04) |
37 (31.62) 26 (31.32) |
8 (6.84) 8 (9.64) |
45 (38.46) 34 (40.96) |
0.528 | 0.768 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male (n=111) Female (n=89) |
76 (68.5) 45 (50.6) |
28 (25.2) 35 (39.3) |
7 (6.3) 9 (10.1) |
35 (31.5) 44 (49.4) |
6.63 | 0.036 |
| Total (n=200) | 121 (60.5) | 63 (31.5) | 16 (8) | 79 (39.5) |