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. 2024 Jul 20;20(3):e1422. doi: 10.1002/cl2.1422

Table 2.

Demographics of included studies.

Study Country Study design Describe population Age Sex ‐number of women/girls Sex ‐number of men/boys Overall quality rating
Azlan (2020) Malaysia Cross sectional General public (n = 4850) M = 34 years (SD = 11.2, range = 18–73) 2808 2042 Low risk of bias
Brankston (2020) Canada Cross sectional General public (n = 4981) 18‐29 years (15.7%) 50.6% 49.1% Low risk of bias
Davis (2021) USA Cross sectional University students (n = 595) M = 24.86 (SD = 10.62) 441 (73.4%) 143 (23.8%) Unclear risk of bias
Goldberg (2020) USA Longitudinal General public (n = 3933)

M = 47 years (April 3–4)

M = 46 years (April 5–7)

53% (April 3–4) 56% (April 5–7) 47% (April 3–4) 44% (April 5–7) Low risk of bias
Gray (2020) New Zealand Cross sectional General public (n = 1015) 23.3% of respondents were aged 25–34 years 592 (58.3%) 416 (41%) Low risk of bias
Hao (2021) USA Cross sectional General public (n = 2047) Not reported Not reported Not reported Low risk of bias
Iqbal (2021) Pakistan Cross sectional General public (n = 1789) M = 23.4 years (SD = 8.23) 949 (53.05%) 840 (46.95%) High risk of bias
Jang (2020) Korea Cross sectional General public (n = 2002) 19–29 (18.3%) 505 497 Low risk of bias
Kowalski (2020) Poland Cross sectional General public (n = 507) M = 44.07 (SD = 14.41) 253 254 Low risk of bias
Krupic (2021) Croatia Cross sectional General public (n = 500) M = 27.92 (SD = 9.30). 341 females 159 males Low risk of bias
Lee (2020) South Korea Cross sectional General public (n = 973) M = 46.41 (14.94) 50% 487 50% 486 Low risk of bias
Mahalik (2021) USA Cross sectional Men (n = 596) (M = 31.33, SD = 10.59) 100% Unclear risk of bias
Milad (2021) USA Longitudinal General public (n = 451) M = 45.40 (SD = 15.78) Not stated Not stated Unclear risk of bias
Mo (2021) China Cross sectional Pregnant women (n = 4087)

Two‐thirds (2743/4087, 67.1%) of the

participants were aged 30 years or less.

4087 No men in sample Unclear risk of bias
Mousavi (2021) Afghanistan Cross sectional General public (n = 450) 17–26 years (65.8%) 138 (28.4%) 322 (71.6%) Unclear risk of bias
Muslih (2021) Indonesia Cross sectional General public (n = 1033) 17–29 years: 552 (53.4%) >30 years: 481 (46.6%) 649 (67.2%) 339 (32.8%) Unclear risk of bias
O'Brien (2021) USA Cross sectional General public (n = 450) M = 36.68 (range 18–76) 38% 62% Unclear risk of bias
Rieger (2020) Germany Cross sectional University students and staff (n = 206) M = 26 (range 14–62) 66% Not reported Unclear risk of bias
Stosic (2021) USA Cross sectional General public (n = 1629) Not reported Not reported Not reported Low risk of bias
Tran (2020) France Cross sectional Adults with chronic conditions (n = 7169) M = 46.1 (14.7) years

5616

(78.3%)

Not reported Unclear risk of bias
Varghese (2021) Europe: Germany, UK, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Portugal, Italy Cross sectional General public (n = 7500) Not reported Not reported Not reported High risk of bias
Zhong (2020) China Cross sectional General public (n = 6910)

M = 33.0

years (SD 10.7, range: 16–87)

65.7% 34.3% High risk of bias
Zhou (2021) China Cross sectional Residents of Wuhan City (n = 728) 36–50 years (44.0%) 416 (57.1%) 312 (42.9%) Unclear risk of bias