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. 2024 Apr 24;16(4):e58905. doi: 10.7759/cureus.58905

Table 1. Distribution of anatomical variants by region.

The bold entries indicate the subtotal distribution by continent

*Global total

Country n Huang classification
A1, n % A2, n % A3, n % A4, n % A5, n % B5, n % Other classifications, n %
Spain 25 9 36.00 2 8.00 3 12.00 8 32.00 2 8.00 1 4.00 0 0.00
Italy 200 129 64.50 28 14.00 24 12.00 16 8.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1.50
Germany 18 2 11.11 2 11.11 4 22.22 5 27.78 1 5.56 0 0.00 5 27.78
Greece 73 48 65.75 7 9.59 4 5.48 13 17.81 1 1.37 0 0.00 0 0.00
Europe 316 188 59.49 39 12.34 35 11.08 42 13.29 4 1.27 1 0.32 8 2.53
Egypt 120 79 65.83 14 11.67 16 13.33 9 7.50 2 1.67 0 0.00 0 0.00
Africa 120 79 65.83 14 11.67 16 13.33 9 7.50 2 1.67 0 0.00 0 0.00
Turkey 79 29 36.71 27 34.18 16 20.25 7 8.86 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Palestine 342 309 90.35 29 8.48 2 0.58 1 0.29 1 0.29 0 0.00 0 0.00
Jordan 120 82 68.33 10 8.33 15 12.50 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 13 10.83
Saudi Arabia 177 104 58.76 19 10.73 12 6.78 32 18.08 2 1.13 0 0.00 8 4.52
Iran 362 163 45.03 78 21.55 48 13.26 13 3.59 0 0.00 0 0.00 60 16.57
India 253 134 52.96 29 11.46 46 18.18 18 7.11 0 0.00 6 2.37 20 7.91
Thailand 163 106 65.03 28 17.18 15 9.20 9 5.52 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 3.07
Taiwan 462 304 65.80 42 9.09 60 12.99 41 8.87 0 0.00 0 0.00 15 3.25
Japan 110 80 72.73 6 5.45 13 11.82 5 4.55 0 0.00 0 0.00 6 5.45
Japan 60 38 63.33 14 23.33 7 11.67 1 1.67 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
South Korea 300 188 62.67 29 9.67 34 11.33 19 6.33 6 2.00 4 1.33 20 6.67
South Korea 33 25 75.76 1 3.03 3 9.09 0 0.00 1 3.03 0 0.00 3 9.09
Asia 2461 1562 63.47 312 12.68 271 11.01 146 5.93 10 0.41 10 0.41 150 6.10
Canada 30 17 56.67 1 3.33 9 30.00 2 6.67 1 3.33 0 0.00 0 0.00
USA 108 78 72.22 6 5.56 0 0.00 7 6.48 1 0.93 0 0.00 19 17.59
Caribbean 152 109 71.71 29 19.08 7 4.61 6 3.95 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.66
Chile 3845 2217 57.66 426 11.08 487 12.67 177 4.60 0 0.00 0 0.00 538 13.99
Americas 4135 2421 58.55 462 11.17 503 12.16 192 4.64 2 0.05 0 0.00 558 13.49
Total* 7032 4250 60.44 827 11.76 825 11.73 389 5.53 18 0.26 11 0.16 716 10.18