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Distribution of study location sites by WHO region among trials (A) and observational studies (B), 2015–2019. The number of countries is not equal to the number of studies, because 1 study could enroll participants from multiple countries [e.g., the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study was conducted in 21 countries (136 , 152)].
