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Table 1 Main characteristic of 19 eligible studies in this meta-analysis

From: Metabolic syndrome and liver-related events: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study authors,

Country

Type of study

Study population

Age(years)

Male:Female

N-O-Scale

RR,95%CI, and p

Follow-up period

Definition of Metabolic risk factors

Adjustment

Inoue et al.,2008 [9]

Japan

Cohort

(prospective cohort)

27,724 total Japanese men and women (114 HCC cases)

Men:56.5 years,

Women:55.5 years

9548:18,176

8

M-1.73,1.03–2.91,P=NA

F-1.18,0.55–2.51,P=NA

9–11 years

AHA

Age, sex, study area, smoking status, weekly ethanol intake

Huo et al.,2009 [10]

China

Cohort

(prospective cohort)

1713 HCC cases(907

HCC-related died)

65.4 years

1313:400

9

Total-1.2,1.02–1.42,P = 0.03

18 ± 16 months

WHO

Age, sex

Stepanova et al.,2010 [11]

Europe and America

Case-control

(retrospective cohort)

2061 liver disease (331 died)

13,004 controls(177 died)

Case:41.1 years,

Controls:44.4 years

Case:192:139

Controls:5943:7061

8

Total-12.08,1.1–132.2,P = 0.042

12–18 years

WHO

Age, sex, smoking status

Borena et al.,2011 [12]

Europe

Cohort

(prospective cohort)

578,700 people from Norway, Austria and Sweden(266 HCC cases)

Men:43.9 years,

Women:44.1 years

289,866:288,834

8

Total-1.35,1.12–1.63,P=NA

Men for 12.8 years,

Women for 11.3 years

WHO

Age, sex, smoking status

Calori et al.,2011 [13]

Italy

Cohort

(prospective cohort)

2011 total Italians (34 liver-specific died)

57 years

885:1126

8

Total-2.643,1.172–5.957, P < 0.0191

15 years

WHO

Age, sex,smoking status, alcohol intake

Lai et al.,2011 [14]

China

Cohort

(retrospective cohort)

19,349 total Chinese (224 HCC cases)

55.5 years

10,792:8557

7

Total-1.73,1.47–2.03, P=NA

3–8 years

ICD

Age, sex

Osaki et al.,2011 [15]

Japan

Cohort

(prospective cohort

23,625 Japanese men and women(129 HCC cases)

58.6 years

8239:15,386

7

M-1.89,1.11–3.22,

F-3.67,1.78–7.57, P=NA

9.1 years

NCEP-ATP III

Age, sex,smoking status, heavy drinking

Shau et al.,2012 [16]

China

Cohort

(prospective cohort

931 HCC cases who received surgical resection(321 liver-specific died)

57.7 years

679:252

9

Total-1.7,1.33–2.18,

P < 0.001

5–6 years

NCEP-ATP III

Age,sex,tumor stage

Chen et al.,2013 [6]

China

Cohort

(prospective cohort

56,231 total Chinese men and women(262 HCC cases)

60.9 years

17,440:38,896

6

Total-0.6,0.43–0.85,

P = 0.004

5–7 years

AHA

Age, sex, weight, liver function

Chiang et al.,2014 [17]

China

Cohort

(prospective cohort

50,080 Chinese men and women (235 HCC-related deaths)

M:54.2 years,

F:53.7 years

23,484:26,596

9

M-2.82,1.81–4.38,

P < 0.0001

F-5.60,3.26–9.64,

P < 0.0001

10 years

WHO

Age,sex,smoking status,alcohol intake

Calzadillabertot et al.,2016 [18]

Cuba

Cohort

(prospective cohort

250 compensated HCV-related cirrhosis(28 death and 55 decompensated)

60 years

96:154

8

Died-2.2,1.04–4.6, P = 0.04

Decompensated- 1.9,1.05–3.3,

P = 0.03

22–80 months

WHO

Age,sex,alcohol intake

Cheng et al.,2016 [1]

China

Cohort

(prospective cohort

1466 CHB patients(93 hepatic events)

46 years

939:527

8

Total-1.0,0.6–1.8,

P = 0.939

88 ± 20 months

NCEP-ATP III

Age, sex, weight, weekly ethanol intake, liver function

Hayashi et al.,2016 [19]

Japan

Cohort

(prospective cohort

474 Japanese non-cirrhotic patients with chronic hepatitis (21HCC cases)

58 years

230:244

9

Total-12.8,2.81–93.0,

P = 0.0006

8 years

HOMA

Age,sex

Kim et al.,2016 [20]

Korea

Cohort

(prospective cohort

1696 chronic HBV infected patients

(24 HCC cases)

50 years

964:732

9

Total-3.25,1.13–9.31,

P = 0.028

1.0–10.5 years

NCEP-ATP III

Age,sex

Seulki Ko et al.,2016 [21]

Korea

Cohort

(prospective cohort

99,565 Koreas men and women(588 HCC cases)

Above 20 years

61,758:37,807

8

M-0.93,0.75–1.16,

P=NA

F-1.18,0.78–1.77,

P=NA

10.4 years

WHO

Age,sex,smoking status,alcohol intake

Sultanik et al.,2016 [22]

France

Cohort

(prospective cohort

341 HCV patients with cirrhosis(136 HCC cases,ESLD cases,HCC and ESLD cases)

56 years

225:116

9

Total-1.5,1.05–2.15,

P = 0.03

8.75 years

WHO

Age,sex,alcohol intake

Nderitu et al., 2017 [23]

Sweden

Cohort

(prospective cohort

509,436 participants (2775 cirrhosis cases,766HCC cases,158 cirrhosis and HCC cases)

44 years

272,167:237,269

9

Cirrhosis-1.74,1.49–2.02,

HCC-2.35,1.80–3.06,

LREs-2.62,1.50–4.57,

P=NA

13.6 years

WHO

Age,sex

Simon et al.,2017 [24]

USA

Cohort

(prospective cohort

171,110 Americans men and women (112 HCC cases)

64.1 years

50,284:120,826

9

Total-4.59,2.98–7.07,

P < 0.0001

32 years

National Diabetes Date Group

Age,sex,race,smoking status,alcohol intake

Yu et al.,2017 [25]

China

Cohort

(prospective cohort

1690HBV carriers

(158HCC cases,126 liver-related died)

48.4 years

All men

7

HCC-2.32,1.18–4.54,

P=NA

LREs-8.57,1.18–62.15,

P=NA

19 years

Asian and Chinese Criteria

Age,smoking status,alcohol intake

  1. MetS Metabolic syndrome, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, RR relative risk, N-O-Scale Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scale, LREs Liver-related events, ICD – International Classification of Disease, HOMA Homeostasis Model Assessment, WHO World Health Organization,NCEP-ATP III National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III, AHA American Heart Association, M male,F female, NA not applicable