Table 1 Characteristics of included studies
From: Hypertension and coronary artery ectasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis study
Study ID | Year | Country | CAE+ | CAE– | Design | HTN | DM | F.CAD | Hyp | Smoke | BMI | MMAT score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aghajani et al. [33] | 2017 | Iran | 27 | 33 | Case-control | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 4 |
Akturk et al. [34] | 2018 | Turkey | 40 | 40 | Case-control | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 3 |
Antonopoulos et al. [35] | 2016 | Greece | 39 | 41 | Case-control | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 2 |
Baysal et al. [36] | 2018 | Turkey | 32 | 35 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 3 |
Boles et al. [30] | 2017 | Sweden | 16 | 26 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 2 |
Brunetti et al. [37] | 2014 | Italy | 14 | 15 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 2 |
Demir et al. [38] | 2013 | Turkey | 126 | 122 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 3 |
Dogan et al. [39] | 2016 | Turkey | 167 | 150 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 4 |
Dursun et al. [22] | 2015 | Turkey | 30 | 30 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | 3 |
Erdogan et al. [23] | 2013 | Turkey | 49 | 30 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
Farrag et al. [24] | 2013 | Egypt | 192 | 2,408 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | 3 |
Gok et al. [25] | 2018 | Turkey | 52 | 33 | Case-control | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | 5 |
Ipek et al. [26] | 2016 | Turkey | 99 | 1,556 | Case-control | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 4 |
Isik et al. [40] | 2012 | Turkey | 75 | 96 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | 5 |
Iwanczyk et al. [28] | 2019 | Poland | 27 | 27 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 3 |
Kalaycioglu et al. [41] | 2014 | Turkey | 138 | 139 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 5 |
Karaagac et al. [42] | 2014 | Turkey | 28 | 22 | Case-control | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | 2 |
Katritsis et al. [16] | 2010 | France | 27 | 30 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 |
Kiris et al. [17] | 2012 | Turkey | 34 | 24 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
Kiziltunc et al. [43] | 2016 | Turkey | 41 | 72 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | 3 |
Kundi et al. [44] | 2017 | Turkey | 52 | 33 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 3 |
Liang et al. [45] | 2019 | China | 87 | 90 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 4 |
Liu et al. [46] | 2016 | China | 32 | 31 | Case-control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 |
Luo et al. [47] | 2017 | China | 51 | 100 | Case-control | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 5 |
Ozbek et al. [5] | 2016 | Turkey | 117 | 70 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
Ozde et al. [6] | 2018 | Turkey | 55 | 55 | Case-control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
Qin et al. [7] | 2019 | China | 100 | 100 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 |
Quisi et al. [8] | 2018 | Turkey | 51 | 50 | Case-control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
Sarli et al. [18] | 2014 | Turkey | 210 | 100 | Case-control | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 5 |
Satiroglu et al. [48] | 2015 | Turkey | 20 | 28 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 |
Schram et al. [27] | 2018 | Netherland | 77 | 154 | Case-control | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 2 |
Sen et al. [19] | 2014 | Turkey | 100 | 80 | Case-control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 |
Sen et al. [49] | 2007 | Turkey | 67 | 45 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 |
Tuzun et al. [29] | 2007 | Turkey | 35 | 35 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 3 |
Uygun et al. [50] | 2019 | Turkey | 41 | 45 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 |
Varol et al. [51] | 2009 | Turkey | 366 | 160 | Case-control | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 3 |
Wang et al. [52] | 2017 | China | 72 | 72 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 5 |
Yalcin et al. [9] | 2015 | Turkey | 40 | 44 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
Yang et al. [10] | 2013 | China | 131 | 1,269 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
Yolcu et al. [11] | 2016 | Turkey | 62 | 57 | Cross-sectional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 3 |