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Table 5 Sub-group analyses based on gender and publication year for former smokers among Iranian adolescents

From: Current and former smokers among adolescents aged 12–17 years in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Gender

Time Period (year)

Prevalence Rate (95% CI)

I2

P-value

Male

2000–2005

32% (7 to 68)

99.32%

0.61

2006–2010

21% (15 to 26)

98.01%

0.35

2011–2015

29% (23 to 36)

98.62%

0.24

2016–2019

17% (11 to 23)

98.87%

0.18

Female

2000–2005

14% (12 to 17)

0.16

2006–2010

11% (6 to 17)

97.90%

0.57

2011–2015

18% (11 to 24)

98.43%

0.48

2016–2019

7% (4 to 10)

91.82%

0.71