Table 1 Studies analysed.

From: Exploring the effect of alcohol on disease activity and outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis through systematic review and meta-analysis

First author (citation)

Year

Country

n

Proportion of patients who drink

Proportion of patients who are female

Proportion of patients who smoke

Strobe Score

Bergman15

2013

Sweden

1238

0.887

0.7

0.17

18

Bergstrom9

2013

Sweden

172

0.894

0.791

0.385

18

Bing16

2013

US

615

0.666

0.829

0.0846

18

Gunter24

2017

S. Africa

177

0.316

0.825

0.102

16

Larsson25

2018

Sweden

1509

0.904

0.71

Not reported

19

Mangnus26

2018

Netherlands

380

0.644

0.644

0.284

19

Marshall27

2013

US

166

0.608

0.855

0.259

20

Maxwell13

2010

UK

873

0.708

0.722

0.594

19

Nissen28

2010

Switzerland

2908

0.627

0.7542

0.2666

18

Pala29

2013

US

2764

0.403

0.816

Not reported

N/A

Sageloli30

2018

France

596

0.173

0.775

0.209

15

Shimizu31

2017

Japan

4695

0.506

0.866

Not reported

N/A

Taşpınar32

2018

Turkey

56

0.089

0.84

0.375

15

Yoshimura33

2019

Japan

198

0.364

0.843

0.298

N/A