Table 1.

Searches in MEDLINE/PubMed, Google Scholar, and other databases for the prevalence of undernutrition among adult tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia.

Databases	Searching terms	Number of studies
MEDLINE/PubMed	“Prevalence” OR “magnitude” OR “proportion” OR “burden” AND “undernutrition” OR “malnutrition” OR “malnourishment” OR “underweight” AND “tuberculosis” AND“adults” AND “Ethiopia”.	280
Google Scholar	“Undernutrition” OR “malnutrition” OR “malnourishment” AND “Tuberculosis” AND “Adults”.	248
HINARI, EMBASE, Scopus, African journals and online Ethiopian University repository		24
Total retrieved articles		552
Number of included studies		12