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. 2023 Jul 13;96(7):931–963. doi: 10.1007/s00420-023-01981-w

Table 5.

Sample characteristics

Total Migrants Natives
Sample size ranges in primary studies, n 68–120,303 68–120,303 28–20,603
Sample size, n (%) 170,801 (100) 127,949 (74.91) 42,852 (25.09)
Gender, n (%)
 Men 80,606 (47.19) 61,125 (49.54)a 428 (12.84)b
 Women 90,196 (52.81) 62,249 (50.46)a 2905 (87.16)b
Age range in yearsc 15–68 17–68 18–65
Mean age 41.40d 36.44e 46.41f
Migrants’ countries of origing, n (%)
 Eastern Europe/Poland/Romania 1278 (53.14)
 Latin America 384 (15.97)
 Morocco 250 (10.40)
 Ghana 200 (8.32)
 Italy 176 (7.32)
 China 117 (4.86)

Those 1576 participants who were examined several times were considered only once for the calculation of all characteristics

aFor 4575 migrants, the gender distribution could not be calculated

bFor 39,519 natives, the gender distribution could not be calculated

cThe age range for 2947 participants was not reported

dThe weighted total mean age could not be calculated for 165,264 participants

eThe weighted mean age of migrants could not be calculated for 125,717 participants

fThe weighted mean age of natives could not be calculated for 39,547 participants

gEleven primary studies (n = 125,544 participants) did not focus on explicit regions/countries of origin