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Table 1 Main characteristics of the studies included in this meta-analysis

From: Circulating chemerin levels and gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

References

Study location

Study design

Case group

Control group

Chemerin measurement trimester

Average age of GDM patients (years)

Average BMI of GDM patients (kg/m2)

GDM criteria

Quality Score

Sample size

Chemerin (ng/mL)

Sample size

Chemerin (ng/mL)

Pfau, 2010 [18]

Germany

cross-sectional

40

230.3 ± 42.4

80

217.6 ± 72.3

Second

33.0

24.9

WC

3

Barker, 2012 [19]

Australia

cross-sectional

69

117.6 ± 29.1

62

124.2 ± 31.5

Third

35.2

28.2

ADIPS

6

Shao, 2015 [20]

China

cross-sectional

20

83.75 ± 15.88

20

77.80 ± 24.49

Third

30.0

28.73

IADPSG

7

Ademoglu, 2015 [21]

Turkey

cross-sectional

47

1.65 ± 0.17

32

1.57 ± 0.16

Second

30.2

31.3

ADA

4

Li, 2015 [22]

China

cross-sectional

48

194.0 ± 103.4

42

135.8 ± 89.3

Second

na

27.7

IADPSG

4

Görkem, 2016 [23]

Turkey

cross-sectional

76

3.64 ± 1.27

82

3.47 ± 0.61

Second

29.0

33.3

C&C

5

Pan, 2016 [24]

China

cross-sectional

85

9.12 ± 0.75

85

6.47 ± 0.59

Third

28.1

23.6

ADA

5

Fatim, 2017 [25]

Pakistan

cross-sectional

208

93.39 ± 45.43

300

14.35 ± 5.88

Second

27.3

24.8

IADPSG

4

Zhang, 2017 [26]

China

cross-sectional

60

11.2 ± 1.17

60

5.76 ± 0.03

Second

29.1

38.7

ESCPG & ACOG

3

Yang a, 2017 [27]

China

cross-sectional

19

146.6 ± 38.9

20

187.2 ± 46.8

First

26.8

22.7

IADPSG

6

Yang b, 2017 [27]

China

cross-sectional

19

308.6 ± 56.4

20

227.5 ± 46.5

Third

26.8

25.7

IADPSG

Gashlan a, 2017 [28]

KSA

cross-sectional

25

7.21 ± 5.95

19

7.68 ± 5.93

Second

32.4

33.4

WHO

7

Gashlan b, 2017 [28]

KSA

cross-sectional

26

6.57 ± 4.84

18

5.56 ± 3.90

Third

33.4

34.1

WHO

  1. GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, BMI body mass index, KSA the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, WC Fourth International Work-shopVconference on gestational diabetes, ADIPS The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, IADPSG The International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups, ADA, American Diabetes Association, C&C Carpenter and Couston, ESCPG Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline, ACOG American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, WHO World Health Organization, na not available