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Table 3 Results of meta-analysis by continents stratified by sex

From: The global prevalence of osteoporosis in the world: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis

Continents (sex)

Number of articles

Sample size

I2

Begg and Mazumdar test

Prevalence % (95% CI)

Asia

Men

31

85,636

99.3

0.414

11.7 (95% CI 8.8–15.5)

Women

51

113,431

99.3

0.188

24.3 (95% CI 21.2–27.8)

Europe

Men

4

6695

98.1

0.308

9.7 (95% CI 4.4–18.5)

Women

8

17,786

98.7

0.710

19.8 (95% CI 14.5–26.5)

America

Men

4

360,669

96.09

0.734

8.5 (95% CI 3.7–14.1)

Women

7

567,823

99.8

1.000

15.1 (95% CI 6.9–29.9)

Africa

Men

–

–

–

–

–

Women

3

2018

98.9

0.296

42.4 (95% CI 19.9–56.5)