Table 3. Demographic characteristics and risk factors of UC in 11 Iranian studies.
|
Case
(n) |
F/M ratio | Age/years (SD year) | Smoking (%) | Urban (%) |
Higher
education |
Familial (%) | |
| Dariani 15 | 200 | 1.22 | 27.4 (10.4) | 11 | NA† | 80 | 28 |
| Aghazade 16 | 401 | 1.25 | 31.9 (11.8) | 15.5 | 95.9 | 66 | 13.8 |
| Fani 11 | 97 | 1.1 | 39.3 (15.4) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Zahedi 17 | 85 | 1.25 | 33.3 (13.2) | 5.9 | NA | NA | NA |
| Keshavarz 18 | 85 | 0.8 | 34.1 (16.0) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Fakheri 19 | 265 | 1.15 |
34.5 (14) |
2.3 | 77.6 | 25.3 | 3.4 |
| Vahedi 20 | 293 | 1.4 |
37.2 (13.7) |
13.3 | 90 | 46.4 | 9.6 |
| Masjedi 21 | 166 | 1.3 | 38.6 (17.4) | 13 | NA | NA | 9 |
| Yazdanbod 22 | 105 | 1.38 | 33.5 (13.1) | 10.4 | 83.8 | NA | NA |
| Semnani 23 | 104 | 1.2 | 37.8 (15.1) | 15 | 34.6 | 83.3 | NA |
| Masoodi 12 | 79 | 1.25 |
32.8 (16) |
NA | NA | 12.4 | NA |
†Not available