Table 1 Summary characteristics of included studies.

From: The correlation between serum vitamin D status and the occurrence of diabetic foot ulcers: a comprehensive systematic review and meta‐analysis

First author, year

Location

Study design

Language

Sample source (outpatient/inpatient)

Sample size (n)

Vitamin D assay

Mean vitamin D concentrations (nmol/L)

Male (%)

Mean age (years)

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

Mean diabetes duration (years)

Mean HbA1c (%)

DFU

Non-DFU

Total

DFU

Non-DFU

DFU

Non-DFU

Afarideh et al.

201622

Iran

Cross-sectional

English

Out

Out

60

30

30

ELISA

42

40

58.3

56.8

27.7

#N/A

8.2

Atoum et al.

202323

Jordan

Cross-sectional

English

Out

Out

486

95

391

N

49.5

60.25

56.0

59.1

31.7

#N/A

8.5

Bao et al.

201924

China

N

Chinese

N

N

110

50

60

ELISA

38.23

40.08

55.5

47.9

28.5

8.0

8.0

Chen et al.

202325

China

N

English

N

N

160

80

80

CLIA

44

55.05

49.4

63.5

24.7

#N/A

#N/A

Dai et al.

202026

China

N

English

In

In

51

21

30

RIA

28.03

44.33

56.9

60.4

24.8

10.4

8.5

Darlington et al.

201927

India

Cross-sectional

English

Out

Out

176

88

88

ELISA

57.98

73.98

#N/A

57.3

24.4

#N/A

9.5

Deng et al.

201528

China

N

Chinese

In

In

120

60

60

ECL

45.1

52.2

52.5

62.7

#N/A

13.0

8.9

Feldkamp et al.

201829

Germany

N

English

Out/in

Out/in

207

104

103

RIA

29.5

47.5

#N/A

69.8

#N/A

17.2

#N/A

Gupta et al.

201630

India

N

English

Out

Out

100

50

50

RIA

35.63

53.2

63.0

52.1

23.7

4.5

9.9

Hong et al.

201731

China

N

Chinese

N

N

70

30

40

ELISA

38

40

#N/A

42.0

28.8

8.0

8.0

Ignatovich et al.

201432

Belarus

N

Russian

N

N

40

22

18

N

24.62

43.87

45.0

#N/A

#N/A

#N/A

#N/A

Kota et al.

201333

India

N

English

N

N

200

100

100

RIA

40.25

49.5

64.0

53.4

#N/A

#N/A

10.6

Li et al.

202134

China

Case–Control

Chinese

In

In

47

26

21

CL

44.15

59.48

61.7

55.0

23.3

5.3

10.5

Li et al.

202335

China

N

Chinese

N

N

120

60

60

CLIA

40

50.05

60.0

63.3

24.5

#N/A

#N/A

Lu et al.

201936

China

Case–Control

Chinese

In

In

120

60

60

CL

45.63

61.28

#N/A

61.5

#N/A

10.4

8.9

Luo et al.

201937

China

N

Chinese

Out

Out

80

40

40

ECL

24.45

35.78

58.8

55.0

24.6

4.7

8.2

Najafipour et al.

201938

Iran

N

English

N

N

70

35

35

CLIA

42.15

59.75

62.9

59.2

28.4

12.0

8.4

Priyanto et al.

202339

Indonesia

Cross-sectional

English

Outpatient

Outpatient

81

41

40

CLIA

21.91

40.71

39.5

56.0

26.6

7.4

8.1

Shen et al.

201540

China

Cross-sectional

Chinese

Out/in

Out/in

53

21

32

RIA

41.75

73

52.8

57.3

30.3

7.1

8.9

Tang et al.

20224

China

N

English

In

In

1721

547

1174

ECLIA

36.74

46.09

49.2

66.3

24.3

#N/A

8.0

Tang et al.

202341

China

N

English

In

In

256

156

100

CLIA

29.17

40.83

55.5

55.3

#N/A

7.5

9.0

Tiwari et al.

201342

India

N

English

N

N

289

125

164

RIA

40.25

50.75

65.1

52.1

24.4

6.1

9.6

Tiwari et al.

201443

India

N

English

Out

Out

219

112

107

RIA

40.2

49.4

67.6

52.8

24.0

6.6

9.4

Tiwari et al.

202244

India

N

English

In

In

173

100

73

RIA

40.25

49.4

#N/A

52.9

24.0

6.6

9.4

Todorova et al.

202245

Bulgaria

Cross-sectional

English

N

N

136

73

63

ECLIA

29.71

39.22

63.2

58.1

30.9

#N/A

8.4

Tong et al.

202346

China

N

Chinese

N

N

210

160

50

ELISA

24.8

37.73

55.7

60.0

#N/A

#N/A

8.7

Tsitsou et al.

202347

Greece

Cross-sectional

English

Out

Out

68

33

35

LC–MS/MS

44.75

49.5

75.0

64.1

29.7

15.7

6.9

Wang et al.

2022a48

China

N

English

In

In

429

242

187

ECLIA

28.28

37.78

64.3

62.3

24.9

14.8

8.7

Wang et al.

2022b49

China

N

English

In

In

339

204

135

N

30.49

38.14

62.8

67.2

24.5

17.2

8.5

Wang et al.

2022c50

China

N

Chinese

N

N

160

80

80

CL

47.18

56.03

74.4

64.9

25.0

11.4

9.9

Wu et al.

201551

China

N

Chinese

N

N

48

24

24

ELISA

25.8

31.7

58.3

55.5

#N/A

8.9

8.9

Xiao et al.

202021

China

Cross-sectional

English

In

In

4284

245

4039

CL

36.96

40.97

52.6

#N/A

#N/A

#N/A

#N/A

Yoho et al.

200952

USA

N

English

N

N

26

13

13

N

35.2

43.45

73.1

63.6

#N/A

#N/A

#N/A

Zhang et al.

201353

China

N

Chinese

In

In

85

41

44

ELISA

26.56

32.23

70.6

56.5

24.5

12.6

8.9

Zhang et al.

202254

China

N

Chinese

In

In

180

120

60

ECL

24.55

37.55

64.4

55.4

24.4

#N/A

8.6

Zubair et al.

201355

India

Prospective cohort

English

In

In

324

162

162

RIA

20.56

74.68

63.3

46.7

24.4

#N/A

8.8

  1. CL chemiluminescence; CLIA chemiluminescent immunoassay; ECL electrochemiluminescence; ECLIA electrochemiluminescent immunoassay; ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; LC–MS/MS liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; RIA radioimmunoassay; N not reported.