Table 1. Demographic variables related to the study region, year, sample size, age, and gender as observed in the selected studies.
Study ID | Region of study | Investigation year | Total sample size (number) | Age range (years) | Gender ratio |
Al-Groosh et al. [15] | Baghdad | 2022 | 332 | 29-58 | 165 males |
Khayat et al. [16] | Israel | 2021 | 310 | 11-49 | 153 males |
Macri et al. [17] | Italy and Spain | 2022 | 411 | 7-15 | Unspecified |
Paco et al. [18] | Portugal | 2021 | 42 | 28.14 (mean) | 6 males |
Radej et al. [19] | Poland | 2022 | 48 | 11.5-50.3 | 15 males |
Yan et al. [20] | China | 2022 | 262 | 21.2 (mean) | 91 males |
Yap et al. [21] | Singapore | 2021 | 164 | 15-40 | 60 males |
Ye et al. [22] | China | 2022 | 570 | 24.44 (mean) | 1:2.3 (male-to-female ratio) |
Zhai et al. [23] | South Korea | 2020 | 182 | 17-40 | 100 males |