Table 1 Detailed information on the basic characteristics of the 13 included studies and participants
Author | Country (area) | Publication year | RCT or Not | IF (case) | PF (case) | IF age (mean) | PF age (mean) | IF (M/F) | PF (M/F) | Follow-up (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Narsaria [10] | India | 2014 | RCT | 33 | 32 | 38.9 ± 9.1 (20–62) | 40.2 ± 11.2 (18–64) | 24/9 | 26/6 | >24 |
Liu [12] | China,Taiwan | 2010 | Not | 51 | 59 | 33.6 ± 13.5 | 31.7 ± 9.7 | 32/19 | 29/30 | >12 |
Fu [14] | China,Taiwan | 2012 | Not | 53 | 50 | 35.2 ± 14.5 | 39.9 ± 14.8 | 38/15 | 33/17 | >12 |
Ko [38] | Korea | 1999 | Not | 13 | 18 | 36.6 (23–68) | 43.3 (18–74 | NP | NP | >12 |
Lee J [17] | USA | 2014 | Not | 43 | 67 | 27.6 (14–59) | 31.7 (16–68) | 29/5 | 63/4 | >15 |
Wenninger [30] | USA | 2013 | Not | 33 | 29 | 25.2 (18–51) | 26.9 (20–49) | 32/1 | 26/3 | >12 |
Assobhi [36] | Egypt | 2011 | RCT | 19 | 19 | 30.3 ± 4.8 (24–45) | 32.6 ± 5.9 (26–49) | 16/3 | 17/2 | >12 |
Wijdicks [31] | The Netherlands | 2012 | Not | 47 | 43 | 33.1 ± 15.6 | 39.4 ± 14.1 | 33/14 | 33/10 | >12 |
Ferran [40] | UK | 2010 | RCT | 17 | 15 | 23.8 (13–42) | 35.4 (16–53) | 14/3 | 13/2 | 12.4 |
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Kleweno [41] | USA | 2011 | Not | 18 | 14 | 35 (16–56) | 28 (16–46) | 15/3 | 10/4 | >12 |
Chen [21] | China | 2012 | Not | 57 | 84 | 34.3 (20–59) | 36.5 (19–63) | 41/16 | 61/23 | >24 |
Lee Y [24] | China,Taiwan | 2008 | RCT | 56 | 32 | 40.1 | 38.2 | 37/19 | 20/12 | >12 |
Thyagarajan [37] | UK | 2009 | Not | 17 | 17 | 28 (15–56) | 32.1 (17–46) | 16/1 | 15/2 | 5.9 |