Table 1 Characteristics of included studies.

From: Diagnostic test accuracy of anti-glycopeptidolipid-core IgA antibodies for Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

Author (Year)

Country

Gates

Patient background

Report type

Facility

Assay

Cutoff (U/mL)

Reference criteria

Subjects

Quality

Hamaguchi7

Japan

2

MAC-PD s/o, MAC-PD

CA

A Red Cross Hp

 

0.7

ATS

136

Low

Hirose8

Japan

1

MAC-PD s/o, screening (all had RA)

FA

A rheumatoid clinic

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

369

High

Joeng9

Korea

2

MAC-PD, MAB-PD, TB, HC

FA

A medical center

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

120

Low

Kamiya10

Japan

2

MAC-PD, non-MAC NTM, TB, LK

CA

A secondary referral Hp

Capilia

0.7

ATS

69

Low

Kitada11

Japan

2

MAC-PD, MAC colonization, MKA, TB, HC

FA

A teaching Hp

In-house EIA

0.072

ATS 1997

350

Low

Kitada12

USA

2

MAC-PD s/o, HC

FA

A research Hp

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

152

Low

Kitada13

Japan

2

MAC-PD, MKA-PD, TB, HC

FA

A teaching Hp

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

906

Low

Kobashi14

Japan

2

MAC-PD, MAC-PD s/o, TB, non-MAC NTM, PD, HC

FA

Uni and affiliated Hps

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

150

Low

Komazaki15

Japan

2

MAC-PD, MAC r/o (all had RA)

FA

A uni Hp

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

34

Low

Koreeda16

Japan

2

MAC-PD, MAB-PD, other NTM

CA

Uni and affiliated Hps

Capilia

0.7

 

42

Low

Marukawa17

Japan

2

MAC-PD, MACctm, TB, other PD, HC

CA

A medical center

Capilia

0.7

 

400

Low

Nishimura18

Japan

1

MAC-PD s/o, asymptomatic

CA

A teaching Hp

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

18

High

Numata19

Japan

1

MAC-PD s/o

FA

A uni Hp

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

296

High

Shimizu20

Japan

1

MAC-PD s/o

FA

A Red Cross Hp

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

66

High

Shu21

Taiwan

2

MAC-PD, MACctm, RGM, MKA, TB, HC

FA

A uni Hp

Capilia

0.7

ATS/IDSA 2007

197

Low

Watanabe22

Japan

2

MAC-PD, non-MAC NTM, abnormal CT, normal chest (All had RA)

FA

Uni and tertiary referral Hps

Capilia

0.7

ATS

63

Low

  1. <Gates> A so-called cohort study that included only MAC-PD-suspected cases had one gate. A so-called case-control study that included both MAC-PD cases and non-MAC-PD cases had two gates. <Patients background> MAC: M. avium complex. MACctm: MAC contamination. MAC s/o: suspected diagnosis of MAC. MAB: M. abcessus. MKA: M. kansasii. RGM: rapidly growing mycobacteria. TB: M. tuberculosis. NTM: non-tuberculosis mycobacterium. RA: Rheumatoid arthritis. LK: lung cancer. PD: pulmonary disease. HC: healthy control. <Report type> FA: Full-length article. CA: Conference abstract. All were written in English. <Facility> Uni: university. Hp: hospital. <Assay> EIA: enzyme immunoassay. <Reference criteria> ATS: the American Thoracic Society. IDSA: the Infectious Diseases Society of America. <Quality> A study that had no domain with high risk of bias and no domain with high applicability concerns was regarded as a high-quality study.
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