Table 3.
Ref. | Country of origin | Year published |
Number of subjects in age group |
|
40-49 yr | 50-59 yr | |||
Western origin | ||||
de Jong et al[17] | the Netherlands | 2005 | 90 | 36 |
Regula et al[8] | Poland | 2006 | 2392 | 37313 |
Boursi et al[18] | Israel | 2009 | 262 | 672 |
Current study | Israel | - | 505 | 1245 |
Strul et al[4] | Israel | 2006 | 183 | 409 |
Imperiale et al[6] | United States | 2002 | 906 | 1533 |
Thoma et al[19] | United States | 2010 | 247 | 747 |
Rundle et al[20] | United States | 2008 | 553 | 352 |
Studies of Western origin (8) | 5138 | 40774 | ||
Asian origin | ||||
Hemmasi et al[21] | Iran | 2014 | 333 | 407 |
Chiu et al[22] | Taiwan (China) | 2005 | 654 | 592 |
Chiu et al[23] | Taiwan (China) | 2008 | 4161 | 4211 |
Liu et al[24] | Taiwan (China) | 2005 | 2656 | 1903 |
Choe et al[25] | South Korea | 2006 | 1875 | 1587 |
Hong et al[26] | South Korea | 2010 | 1049 | 712 |
Kim et al[27] | South Korea | 2013 | 4550 | 4436 |
Chung et al[28] | South Korea | 2009 | 1930 | 2716 |
Park et al[29] | South Korea | 2009 | 1057 | 1207 |
Ko et al[30] | South Korea | 2012 | 1200 | 1038 |
Studies of Asian origin (9) | 19465 | 18807 | ||
All studies (17) | 24603 | 59581 |