“…Six of the studies recruited from the general population ( Pope et al, 1997 ; Raatikka et al, 2007 ; Bodin et al, 2012 ; Farbu et al, 2019 ; Farbu et al, 2021a ; Stjernbrandt and Farbu, 2022 ), one study recruited cases and controls from a clinic ( Yagev et al, 2007 ), and the remaining 10 studies comprised of specific working populations, such as construction workers ( Burstrom et al, 2013 ), miners ( Skandfer et al, 2014 ), food processing workers ( Piedrahí;ta et al, 2004 ; Sormunen et al, 2009 ; Altuntas and Cankaya, 2020 ), store workers ( Chiang et al, 1990 ; Dovrat and Katz-Leurer, 2007 ; Ghani et al, 2020 ), army recruits ( Milgrom et al, 2003 ) or factory workers ( Pinar et al, 2013 ). The number of participants ranged from 162 to 118 258 ( Tables 2 , 3 ).…”