Prevalence of goiter and its associated factors among primary school age children aged 6–12 years old in Debre tabor town, northwest Ethiopia

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Abbreviations: AAU, addis ababa university; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; COR, crude odds ratio; EHNRI, Ethiopian health and nutrition and research center institute; EPDRF, Ethiopian people’s democratic republic front; EPI-INFO, epidemiological information; ICCIDD, international council for the control iodine deficiency disorder; ID, identification number; IDD, iodine deficiency disorder; KM, kilo meter; MOH, ministry of health; SPSS, statistical packages of social sciences; TGR, total goiter rate; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; UNICEF, united nation international children’s economic fund; USI, universal salt iodization; WHO, world health organization.