Table 1. Study characteristics.

PE: pulmonary embolism

Author	Year	Country	Sample size	Sample size with PE	Mean age	Male	Female
Ogunkoya et al. [10]	2020	Nigeria	31	31	55.1	9	22
Pessinaba et al. [11]	2015	Togo	1622	51	52.7	16	35
Manuel et al. [12]	2015	Angola	50	50	50.5	26	24
Ogeng'o et al. [13]	2011	Kenya	128	128	40.8	60	68
Tambe et al. [14]	2011	Cameroon	37	12	47.6	7	5
Bulajic et al. [15]	2015	South Africa	127	41	45	13	28
Meel et al. [16]	2013	South Africa	498	147	46.8	32	115
Russell et al. [17]	2019	Sierra Leone	4181	79	64.1	35	44
Hussein et al. [18]	2023	Egypt	297	54	55.9	9	45
Bakebe et al. [19]	2014	DR Congo	158	58	54.8	32	26
Raghubeer et al. [20]	2019	South Africa	301	81	43	20	61
Marc et al. [21]	2021	DR Congo	89	89	64.4	26	63
Belayneh et al. [22]	2022	Ethiopia	131	40	N/A	24	16