Meta-Analysis
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Nephrol. Jan 6, 2016; 5(1): 115-124
Published online Jan 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i1.115
Table 2 Demography of the participants in the studies included in the meta-analysis
AuthorRef.Age (mean ± SD)Gender male (%)Duration of dialysis (mo)
Abdul N Khan[7]47 ± 14 (CAPD)26(55%; CAPD)18 ± 23 (CAPD)
51 ± 18 (HD)26 (52%; HD)56 ± 73 (HD)
Kai Ming Chow[8]60 ± 1151/87 (59)5.8 (median)
Ismail Hamdi Kara[9]44 ± 1519 (56)27 ± 15
Baris Afsar[10]NA (for total)66 (35)NA (for total)
Andre F Charest[11]52 ± 2 (ID)73 (75)3.4 ± 1.0 (ID)
46 ± 2 (IM)4.8 ± 2.0 (IM)
Yao-Lung Liu[12]52 ± 16 (CAPD)28 (41)43 ± 33 (CAPD)
61 ± 11 (HD)60 ± 49 (HD)
Nancy M Waite[13]NA (for total)49 (64)NA (for total)
Salwa Ibrahim[14]46 ± 1119 (66)80 ± 59
Shih-Yi Lin[15]NA(for total)64/156(41)NA
Dede sit[16]NA (for total)31 (48)NA (for total)
Gerald DaRoza[17]60 ± 15106 (46)NA
Jamshid Roozbeh[18]NA(for total)37/62 (60)NA
Khalid Al Saran[19]51 ± 1578/66 (54)40
Kevin S Eardley[20]61 ± 1358/47 (55)18
Sabahattin Ocak[21]54 ± 1356/30 (65)30 ± 18
EO Morais[22]54.5 (median)40 (57)26
Sh Taheri[23]50 ± 1777 (62)NA
Carol Dacko[24]NA (for total)19 (59)NA (for total)
Gerald M Fraser[25]NA (for total)117 (58)NA