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Table 1 Demographics information of included studies

From: Associations of serum low-density lipoprotein and systolic blood pressure levels with type 2 diabetic patients with and without peripheral neuropathy: systemic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of observational studies

First author (Ref.)

Year

SS

Gender (M/F)

Mean Duration of DM (Months)

Population (ethnicity)

Study design

NOSa

Zhao W. et al. [4]

2016

469

283/186

120

China (A)

Cross-sectional

8

Wu F. et al. [5]

2017

1134

645/489

78

China (A)

Cross-sectional

8

ALMA R. et al. [6]

2014

82

52/30

99.6

Canada (AM)

Case control

8

Yang J. et al. [7]

2017

1511

743/768

105

China/A

Cross-sectional

8

Bilir B. et al. [8]

2016

99

47/52

NA

Turkey/A

Clinical study

7

Sharon L. et al. [9]

2017

1981

1001/980

144

Singapore/A

Cross-sectional

8

Yong J. et al. [10]

2015

180

96/84

135.6

China/A

Case control

8

Su J. et al. [11]

2018

563

299/264

67.2

China/A

Cross-sectional

8

Zhang Y. et al. [12]

2017

1059

589/470

102.7

China/A

Case control

7

Won J. et al. [13]

2012

3999

1939/2060

121.2

Korea/A

Cross-sectional

7

Lin X. et al. [53]

2017

200

123/77

109

China/A

Cross-sectional

8

Qiao X. et al. [54]

2017

185

79/106

123

China/A

Cross-sectional

8

Sadosky A. et al. [34]

2014

323,378

151,927/171451

NA

USA/NA

Retrospective

8

YM. S. et al. [55]

2018

982

497/485

64

China/A

Cross-sectional

7

Khawaja N. et al. [56]

2018

1003

480/523

120

Jordan/A

Cross-sectional

7

Zhang Q. et al. [57]

2018

254

127/127

138

China/A

Case control

8

Jangh M. et al. [58]

2006

810

289/521

98.4

Iran/A

Cross-sectional

8

Kim S. et al. [59]

2013

1338

593/745

145

Korea/A

Cross-sectional

8

Bansal D. et al. [14]

2014

2006

989/1017

104.4

India/A

Cross-sectional

8

Buraczy M. et al. [15]

2016

1244

594/650

153.6

Poland/EU

Case control

8

Luo Y. et al. [16]

2015

412

233/179

150

China/A

Cross-sectional

7

Ren Z. et al. [17]

2015

787

395/392

179.4

China/A

Case control

8

Andersen S. et al. [44]

2018

1256

735/521

156

Denmark/EU

Cohort study

7

Anastasi T. et al. [45]

2017

381

220/161

147

Greece/EU

Cross-sectional

8

Xu T. et al. [46]

2017

537

161/376

NA

China/A

Observational

8

Zhu T. et al. [52]

2014

64

31/33

NA

China/A

Cross-sectional

8

Deng W. et al. [51]

2014

202

115/87

98

China/A

Cross-sectional

8

Thainá R. et al. [50]

2018

426

162/264

92

Brazil/SA

Cohort study

7

Miric D. et al. [35]

2016

80

33/47

72

Serbia/EU

Case control

7

Hussain G. et al. [42]

2013

86

38/48

96

India/A

Cross-sectional

7

Li L. et al. [43]

2014

3359

1607/1268

91

China/A

Cross-sectional

8

Pai Y. et al. [36]

2018

2837

1661/1186

130.4

Taiwan/A

Cross-sectional

7

Xu F. et al. [48]

2014

90

46/44

66

China/A

Cross-sectional

8

Wang H. et al. [37]

2013

207

88/119

NA

China/A

Case control

7

Wang H. et al. [40]

2012

261

124/137

76.9

China/A

Case control

8

Pai Y. et al. [39]

2018

626

333/293

184.8

Taiwan/A

Case control

8

Mao F. et al. [22]

2018

950

555/395

106.2

China/A

Cross-sectional

8

Hoque S. et al. [33]

2016

400

166/234

72

Bangladesh/A

Cross-sectional

8

  1. Abbreviations: Ref. reference, SS sample size, M male, F femal, AM amaricen, A Asian, EU europea, NOS Newcastle-Ottawa scale, NA not avalibale
  2. aThe quality of non-randomized studies will be appraised using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS), categorized into three groups: the selection of the study groups; the comparability of the groups; as well as the ascertainment of either the exposure or outcome of interest for case-control or cohort studies respectively