Table 1 General characteristics of descriptive studies
First Author, year, Reference | Report year | Country | Age (years) | Sample size | Prevalence per hundred thousand people |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Murai-1, 2011, [38] | 1987 | Japan | – | 117,647,059 | 5.09 |
Murai-2, 2011, [38] | 2006 | Japan | – | 127,966,102 | 11.79 |
Nemet-1, 2014, [39] | 2014 | Israel | – | 475,097 | 46.93 |
Nemet-2, 2014, [39] | 2014 | Israel | – | 52,160 | 47.92 |
Park-1, 2016, [40] | 2010 | Korea | – | 50,744,570 | 9.67 |
Park-2, 2016, [40] | 2011 | Korea | – | 50,750,469 | 10.66 |
Lee-1, 2016, [41] | 2010 | Korea | – | 47,990,761 | 10.42 |
Lee-2, 2016, [41] | 2011 | Korea | – | 49,779,440 | 11.03 |
Lee-3, 2016, [41] | 2012 | Korea | – | 50,004,441 | 12.4 |
Lee-4, 2016, [41] | 2013 | Korea | – | 50,219,669 | 12.96 |
Lee-5, 2016, [41] | 2014 | Korea | – | 50,423,955 | 12.99 |
Okinaka, 1969, [42] | 1966 | Japan | – | 838,000 | 1.78 |
Araki, 1983, [43] | 1982 | Japan | – | 537,313 | 6.7 |
Kondo, 1988, [44] | 1985 | Pakistan | – | 1,038,462 | 2.59 |
Yu, 1992, [45] | 1987 | China | – | 4,860,000 | 5.34 |
Zieda, 2018, [46] | 2018 | UK | 46 | 1986 096 | 11.37 |
Lavrnic-1, 2013, [47] | 2013 | Serbia | 47.9 ± 19.8 | 1,338,161 | 31.76 |
Tola, 1989, [48] | 1989 | Italy | 47.8 ± 18.1 | 370,374 | 10.52 |
Montomoli, 2012, [49] | 2012 | Italy | 58.3 ± 17.0 | 495,833 | 24 |
Cetin, 2012, [50] | 2012 | Austria | – | 8,363,040 | 7.99 |
Storm-1, 1984, [51] | 1951 | Norway | – | 3,100,000 | 2 |
Storm-2, 1984, [51] | 1961 | Norway | – | 3,463,415 | 4.09 |
Storm-3, 1984, [51] | 1971 | Norway | – | 3,794,872 | 9.98 |
Storm-4, 1984, [51] | 1981 | Norway | – | 4,107,063 | 8.98 |
Westerberg, 2020, [52] | 2020 | Sweden | 60 | 13,119,113 | 36.1 |
Kalb, 2002, [53] | 2002 | Sweden | Â | 1,783,428 | 14.07 |
Aiello, 1997, [54] | 1997 | Italy | 44 ± 16.6 | 268,926 | 11.15 |
Guidetti, 1998, [55] | 1998 | Italy | 50.5 ± 19.8 | 427,493 | 10.29 |
Foldvari, 2015, [56] | 2015 | Hungary | 60 | 8,259,048 | 2.76 |
Zivadinov, 1998, [57] | 1998 | Italy | 67.7–139.6 | 323,232 | 9.9 |
Bettini, 2017, [58] | 2017 | Argentina | 63.3 ± 20 | 978,313.561 | 0.006 |
Andersen, 2014, [59] | 2014 | Norway | – | 4,725,190 | 13.1 |
Aragonès, 2017, [60] | 2017 | Spain | – | 155,062 | 32.89 |
Salvado, 2016, [61] | 2016 | Spain | 59.44 ± 29.35 | 462 | 3463 |
Christensen-1, 1993, [62] | 1993 | Denmark | – | 280,000,000 | 7.8 |
Robertson, 1998, [63] | 1998 | England | – | 684,000 | 14.6 |
Garland, 1956, [64] | 1955 | UK | – | 500,000 | 3.6 |
Pennington, 1961, [65] | 1958 | UK | – | 1,500,000 | 2.13 |
Gudmundsson, 1968, [66] | 1963 | Iceland | – | 187,000 | 6.41 |
Oosterhuis, 1977, [67] | 1965 | Holland | – | 860,000 | 5.58 |
Hokkanen, 1969, [68] | 1968 | Finland | – | 4,493,392 | 2.55 |
Giagheddu, 1989, [69] | 1986 | Italy | – | 2,444,444 | 4.5 |
D'Alessamdro-1, 1991, [70] | 1987 | Italy | – | 914,463 | 7.21 |
D'Alessamdro-2, 1991, [70] | 1988 | Italy | – | 370,374 | 10.52 |
Sorensen, 1989, [71] | 1987 | Denmark | – | 230,760 | 12.56 |
Somnier-1, 1991, [72] | 1988 | Eastern Denmark | – | 2,298,701 | 17.66 |
Christensen-2, 1998, [73] | 1990 | Western Denmark | – | 2,800,000 | 7.85 |
Ferrari, 1992, [74] | 1990 | Italy | – | 446,914 | 8.27 |
Krivopusk, 1991, [75] | 1991 | Russia | – | 655,738 | 3.5 |
Lavrnic-2, 1999, [76] | 1992 | Serbia | – | 1,530,864 | 7.64 |
Kyriallis, 1995, [77] | 1994 | Cyprus | – | 600,000 | 17.5 |
Holtsema, 2000, [78] | 1995 | Netherlands Antilles | – | 229,800 | 6.52 |
Villagr, 1997, [79] | 1996 | Spain | – | 81,507 | 8.58 |
Oopik, 2003, [80] | 1997 | Estonia | – | 1,462,130 | 14.22 |
Wirtz, 2003, [81] | 2000 | Southern Holland | – | 1,725,317 | 10.95 |
Kotov-1, 2006, [82] | 2001 | Southern Holland | – | 12,000,000 | 8.96 |
Kotov-2, 2006, [82] | 2004 | Southern Holland | – | 1,778,564 | 14.22 |
Eaton, 2007, [17] | 2001 | Denmark | – | 5,472,032 | 17.85 |
Somnier-2, 2005, [83] | 1999 | Eastern Denmark | – | 2,298,701 | 16.35 |
Poulas, 2001, [84] | 1997 | Greece | – | 10,475,873 | 7.06 |
Niks-1, 2007, [85] | 2004 | Netherlands | – | 1,778,564 | 8.99 |
Niks-2, 2007, [85] | 2004 | Netherlands | – | 1,778,564 | 0.28 |
Tsiamalos, 2009, [86] | 2006 | Greece | – | 11,293,282 | 0.29 |
Breiner-1, 2016, [15] | 1996 | Canada | – | 8,586,605 | 16.56 |
Breiner-2, 2016, [15] | 1997 | Canada | – | 8,734,231 | 17.79 |
Breiner-3, 2016, [15] | 1998 | Canada | – | 8,884,264 | 18.79 |
Breiner-4, 2016, [15] | 1999 | Canada | – | 9,055,208 | 19.86 |
Breiner-5, 2016, [15] | 2000 | Canada | – | 9,247,809 | 20.79 |
Breiner-6, 2016, [15] | 2001 | Canada | – | 9,453,075 | 21.59 |
Breiner-7, 2016, [15] | 2002 | Canada | – | 9,644,864 | 22.19 |
Breiner-8, 2016, [15] | 2003 | Canada | – | 9,825,322 | 22.88 |
Breiner-9, 2016, [15] | 2004 | Canada | – | 10,004,779 | 23.79 |
Breiner-10, 2016, [15] | 2005 | Canada | – | 10,173,985 | 24.69 |
Breiner-11, 2016, [15] | 2006 | Canada | – | 10,189,022 | 26.09 |
Breiner-12, 2016, [15] | 2007 | Canada | – | 10,173,121 | 26.79 |
Breiner-13, 2016, [15] | 2008 | Canada | – | 10,346,890 | 28.09 |
Breiner-14, 2016, [15] | 2009 | Canada | – | 10,535,185 | 29.19 |
Breiner-15, 2016, [15] | 2010 | Canada | – | 10,723,870 | 25.49 |
Breiner-16, 2016, [15] | 2011 | Canada | – | 10,923,120 | 31.19 |
Breiner-17, 2016, [15] | 2012 | Canada | – | 11,114,448 | 31.89 |
Breiner-18, 2016, [15] | 2013 | Canada | – | 11,274,236 | 32.02 |
Maharaj, 2013, [87] | 2013 | USA | – | 412,810 | 8.72 |
Gordon, 2015, [88] | 2015 | USA | – | 265,844 | 77 |
Phillips-1, 1992, [89] | 1980 | USA | – | 537,313 | 13.4 |
Phillips-2, 1992, [89] | 1984 | USA | – | 556,338 | 14.2 |
Kurland, 1958, [90] | 1954 | USA | – | 30,000 | 3.33 |
Alter, 1960, [91] | 1956 | USA | – | 188,000 | 3.19 |
Kvirkveliia, 1986, [92] | 1984 | USA | – | 555,851 | 14.2 |
Cisernos, 1996, [93] | 1991 | Cuba | – | 5,782,309 | 2.92 |
Sanchez, 2002, [94] | 2000 | Colombia | – | 5,300,000 | 2.77 |
Deffeminis, 1975, [95] | 1975 | Uruguay | – | 2,700,000 | 6.29 |
Khedr, 2016, [96] | 2016 | Qena | – | 9303 | 21.49 |
El-Tallawy, 2005, [97] | 1997 | Egypt | – | 50,000 | 10 |
Gattellari, 2012, [98] | 2012 | Australia | – | 21 874 920 | 2.49 |