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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in meta-analysis

From: Factor V Leiden 1691G > A mutation and the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL): systematic review and meta-analysis

Study author

Year

Country

Study design

Ethnicity

Total cases/controls

Age

case/control (Mean)

Genotyping method

Quality

score

Souza et al. [34]

1999

Brazil

case-control

South America

56/384

29.6 / 24.3

RLFP-PCR

7

Brenner et al. [35]

1999

Israel

case-control

Asia

76/106

31 ± 5 / 31 ± 6

RLFP-PCR

6

Wramsby et al. [36]

2000

Sweden

case-control

Europe

62/69

21–39 / 21–39

RLFP-PCR

7

Murphy et al. [37]

2000

Ireland

case-control

Europe

41/540

32 ± 0.74 / NR

RLFP-PCR

6

Pihusch et al. [33]

2000

Germany

case-control

Europe

102/128

35 / 32

RLFP-PCR

6

Younis et al.

2000

Israel

case-control

Asia

78/139

30.0 ± 4.4 / 30.7 ± 4.2

RLFP-PCR

6

Foka et al. [14]

2000

Greece

case-control

Europe

80/100

33 / 35

RLFP-PCR

6

Rai et al.

2001

London

cohort

Europe

1111/150

33.5 / 33

RLFP-PCR

8

Carp et al.

2002

Israel

case-control

Asia

108/82

31 / 36

RLFP-PCR

6

Finan et al. [38]

2002

Lebanon

case-control

Asia

110/67

32.3 ± 5.3 / 33.9 ± 7.3

RLFP-PCR

6

Hohlagschwandtner et al.

2003

Australia

case-control

Oceania

145/101

32 / 56

Multiplex PCR

7

Pauer et al. [39]

2003

German

case-control

Europe

30/122

31.3 / NR

RLFP-PCR

6

Mtiraoui et al

2004

Tunisia

case-control

Africa

146/99

29.0 ± 6.1 / 28.9 ± 5.3

RLFP-PCR

6

Aksoy et al.

2005

Turkey

case-control

Europe

41/50

32 ± 5.54 / 29 ± 4.66

PCR

5

Mahjoub et al. [40]

2005

Tunisia

case-control

Africa

200/200

28.68 ± 5.61 / 28.24 ± 5.51

RLFP-PCR

8

Ulukus et al.

2006

Turkey

case-control

Europe

10/53

29.1 ± 5.2 / 28.0 ± 4.8

PCR

5

Sotiriadis et al.

2006

Greece

case-control

Europe

99/102

32.2 / 32.2

RLFP-PCR

6

Mohammad et al. [21]

2007

Syrian

case-control

Asia

35/45

29.6 ± 6.3 / 28.8 ± 6.8

Q-PCR

5

Altintas et al. [41]

2007

Turkey

case-control

Europe

114/185

30.6 ± 4.4 / 30.5 ± 4.3

Q-PCR

7

Toth et al. [42]

2008

Germany

case-control

Europe

151/157

33.2 ± 4.6 / 45.2 ± 12.6

RLFP-PCR

7

Pasquier et al

2008

France

case-control

Europe

311/599

32.8 / 34.3

Q-PCR

8

Biswas et al. [43]

2008

India

case-control

Asia

85/31

27.9 ± 0.3 / 26 ± 0.5

RLFP-PCR

6

Lvanov et al.

2009

Bulgaria

case-control

Europe

153/100

29.7 / 31.0

RLFP-PCR

7

Mukhopadhyay et al. [44]

2009

India

case-control

Asia

84/80

24.9 ± 3.3 / 24.9 ± 3.3

RLFP-PCR

6

Ciacci et al. [45]

2009

Italy

case-control

Europe

39/72

36.24 ± 8.26 / 30.10 ± 8.60

Multiplex PCR

6

Mohamed et al. [46]

2010

Egypt

case-control

Africa

20/20

29.0 ± 4.80 / 31.4 ± 6.82

PCR

5

Hussein et al. [47]

2010

Palestine

case-control

Asia

145/205

31.9 / 32

ARMS-PCR

7

Serrano et al. [17]

2011

Portugal

case-control

Europe

100/100

32 ± 4.25 / 30.9 ± 5.19

PCR

7

Settin et al.

2011

Egypt

case-control

Africa

72/70

19 to 38 / 19 to 38

PCR

6

Dissanayake et al. [32]

2012

Sri Lanka

case-control

Asia

200/200

32.1 ± 5.6 / 32.4 ± 4.6

RLFP-PCR

8

Gazi et al.

2012

Turkey

case-control

Europe

57/47

30.12 ± 7.32 / 27.80 ± 6.36

PCR

6

Karata et al.

2012

Turkey

case-control

Europe

84/84

31.6 ± 3.7 / 32.2 ± 3.9

Q-PCR

6

Mierla et al. [48]

2012

Romania

case-control

Europe

283/100

33.76 / 32.8

RLFP-PCR

7

Ozdemir et al. [49]

2012

Turkey

case-control

Europe

543/106

27.8 ± 2.1 / 28.9 ± 2.2

Q-PCR

7

Torabi et al. [50]

2012

Iran

case-control

Asia

100/100

NR / NR

RLFP-PCR

6

Kaur et al.

2012

India

case-control

Asia

107/588

24.89 / 25.32

RLFP-PCR

7

Parveen et al.

2012

India

case-control

Asia

1000/500

28.4 ± 5.9 / 31.9 ± 7.3

ARMS-PCR

8

Ardestani et al.

2012

Iran

case-control

Asia

80/80

28.8 / 23.6

RLFP-PCR

6

Cardona et al. [51]

2012

Colombia

case-control

South America

93/206

34.1 ± 0.9 / 41.6 ± 0.7

RLFP-PCR

7

Kazerooni et al. [52]

2013

Iran

case-control

Asia

60/ 60

24.8 ± 3.9 / 24.6 ± 4.7

PCR

5

Baumann et al.

2013

Germany

cohort

Europe

641/157

32.95 ± 4.94 / 33.16 ± 6.24

RLFP-PCR

8

Parand et al. [53]

2013

Iran

case-control

Asia

90/44

29.21 ± 5.9 / 28.75 ± 5.2

RLFP-PCR

6

Zonouzi et al. [54]

2013

Iran

case-control

Asia

89/50

30.18 ± 4.95 / 31.54 ± 4.81

ARMS-PCR

6

Dutra et al.

2013

Brazil

case-control

South America

145/135

31.72 / 29.86

Q-PCR

6

Isaoglu et al.

2013

Turkey

case-control

Europe

60/40

29.14 ± 6.18 / 30.50 ± 6.77

NR

6

Pietropolli et al. [55]

2014

Italy

case-control

Europe

186/129

35.2 ± 5.1 / 40.4 ± 5.3

Rapid-cycle PCR

7

Lino et al.

2014

Brazil

case-control

South America

83/98

30.3 / 40.2

Q-PCR

6

Sharma et al. [56]

2015

India

case-control

Asia

78/78

28.6 ± 3.32 / 30.5 ± 2.57

RLFP-PCR

6

Farahmand et al.

2015

Iran

case-control

Asia

330/350

30.37 / 29.88

PCR

8

Kashif et al. [57]

2015

Pakistan

case-control

Asia

56/56

28.55 ± 4.69 / 28.61 ± 4.38

PCR

6

Gonçalves et al. [58]

2016

Brazil

case-control

South America

137/100

32.1 / 25.8

RLFP-PCR

7

Khaniani et al. [59]

2016

Iran

case-control

Asia

210/160

less than 40 / NR

RLFP-PCR

7

Eldeen et al.

2017

Arabia

case-control

Asia

96/96

37.7 ± 4.6 / 36.5 ± 5.8

PCR

6

Wolski et al. [60]

2017

Poland

case-control

Europe

359/400

30.99 ± 4.50 / 30.05 ± 3.81

RLFP-PCR

8

Elgari et al. [61]

2017

Arabia

case-control

Asia

60/80

38 ± 12 / 38 ± 12

Multiplex PCR

6

Mahmutbegović et al. [62]

2017

Bosnia

case-control

Europe

51/154

32.9 ± 5.1 / 31.7 ± 6.6

Q-PCR

6

Wingeyer et al.

2017

Argentina

case-control

South America

247/107

32 / NR

Q-PCR

7

Jusić et al.

2018

Bosnia

case-control

Europe

60/80

33.05 / 34.08

RLFP-PCR

6

Taghi Kardi et al.

2018

Iran

case-control

Asia

250/116

29.7 ± 3.4 / 30.4 ± 3.2

Multiplex PCR

7

Xu et al.

2018

China

case-control

Asia

426/444

29.26 ± 4.294 / 34.50 ± 4.895

Multiplex PCR

8

Bigdeli et al. [63]

2018

Iran

case-control

Asia

200/200

23.0 ± 3.8 / 25.1 ± 4.4

RLFP-PCR

8

Reddy et al. [64]

2019

India

case-control

Asia

50/28

26.8 / 27.6

RLFP-PCR

5

Yengel et al.

2019

turkey

case-control

Europe

145/105

30.5 ± 6.5 /30.5 ± 6.7

real-time PCR

6