Table 1 Baseline characteristics and quality assessment of the included studies.

From: Correlations among Diabetic Microvascular Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

First Author (year)

Country

Year of Data collection

Study Setting

Sample Number

Male %

Age (year)

Subtype of Diabetes

Duration of Diabetes (year)

HbA1c %

Adjusted Factors

JBI Scores

Schmid13

Brazil

1991

hospital-based

35

NA

57.5 ± 11.4

II

NA

8.3 ± 2.3

11, 25, 26, 27

7

Abu El-Asrar14

Saudi Arabia

NA

hospital-based

648

52.5%

48.8 ± 14.7

32.4% I

67.6% II

9.4 ± 6.5

NA

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 15, 17, 18, 27, 33, 37, 38, 39

7

Boelter15

Brazil

2002–2004

hospital-based

1214

43.3%

58.5 ± 10.3

II

11.1 ± 8.4

8.2 ± 2.0

2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 15, 20, 27, 34

8

Al-Maskari16

United Arab Emirates

2003–2004

population-based

513

51.5%

53.3

14% I

86% II

≥10 years 79%

≥7% 62%

2, 3

8

Yokoyama17

Japan

2005

hospital-based

294

72%

59 ± 9

II

9 ± 8

6.6 ± 0.9

1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 13, 15, 16, 24, 32, 34, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44

8

Pradeepa18

India

NA

population-based

1629

44.6%

50.4 ± 11.3

II

4.6 ± 5.4

8.7 ± 2.2

NA

9

Jurado19

Spain

2003–2004

population-based

307

61.6%

59.6 ± 7.9

II

8.6 ± 7.0

7·0 ± 1·4

1, 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 37, 39

8

Kärvestedt20

Sweden

NA

population-based

156

61%

61.7 ± 7.2

II

7.0 ± 5.7

6.4 ± 1.3

NA

7

Gong21

China

NA

population-based

668

40.1%

64.2 ± 11.5

II

7.3 ± 6.5

7.1 ± 1.6

1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 28, 29

8

Pradeepa22

India

NA

population-based

1608

NA

NA

II

NA

NA

1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 18

8

Rodrigues23

Brazil

1998–2008

hospital-based

573

50.5%

33 ± 13

I

16 ± 19

9.0 ± 3.9

7, 17, 34

8

Voulgari24

Greece

NA

hospital-based

600

48%

50.7 ± 15.1

33.3% I

66.7% II

7.3 ± 9.3

7.8 ± 1.8

1, 2, 3, 5, 17, 19, 20

9

Azura25

Malaysia

2009–2010

hospital-based

254

42%

53.3 ± 9.1

II

NA

≥7% 81.5%

1, 21, 24

8

Ding26

Singapore

2004–2006

population-based

608

44.7%

62.8 ± 9.2

II

6.0 ± 2.5

7.9 ± 0.7

1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 14, 15, 17, 34, 39

9

He27

China

2008–2009

hospital-based

2009

57%

59.7 ± 12.3

II

8.1 ± 6.7

8.7 ± 0.8

1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 27, 33, 39, 41

8

Ji28

China

2010–2011

hospital-based

565

47.8%

66.6 ± 10.5

0.4% I

99.6% II

16.2 ± 5.9

8.2 ± 1.9

1, 7, 16, 24, 27, 34, 36

8

Karlberg29

Denmark

2007–2008

population-based

201

60.2%

33.1

(20.1–46.6)

I

(10–30)

8.7 ± 0.4

1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 13, 34

8

Sattaputh30

Thailand

2007–2008

hospital-based

899

28.6%

59.6 ± 9.9

II

8.1 ± 6.1

8.77 ± 1.85

1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 13, 24, 27, 30, 34

8

Won31

Korea

2009–2010

hospital-based

3999

48.5%

59 ± 10

II

9.6 ± 7.6

7.7 ± 2.7

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 16, 22, 24, 27, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40

9

Xu32

China

2008–2009

population-based

1421

40.8%

61.3 ± 9.7

II

7.9 ± 6.3

7.05 ± 1.25

1, 11, 24, 27

7

Deng33

China

2011–2012

hospital-based

381

57.7%

60.8 ± 10.7

II

8.4 ± 5.9

8.0 ± 2.1

1, 2, 3, 34, 35, 36

8

Yang34

China

2013–2014

hospital-based

344

55.2%

57.1 ± 12.1

II

7.0 ± 4.1

9.0 ± 2.5

1, 12, 31

7

Al-Rubeaan35

Saudi Arabia

NA

population-based

50464

56.0%

59.7 ± 12.8

II

13.4 ± 8.2

8.9 ± 2.32

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 16, 21, 22, 27, 33, 34

8

Machingura36

Zimbabwe

2013–2014

hospital-based

344

27.3%

57.6 ± 14.8

24.4% I

75.6% II

10.3 ± 10.5

8.1 ± 1.0

3, 7, 9, 15, 24, 35, 45

8

Tentolouris37

Greece

NA

hospital-based

381

57.7%

64.1 ± 8.4

II

10.6 ± 10.0

7.2 ± 0.5

1, 2, 12, 14, 23, 27

8

Wei38

China

2009–2012

population-based

959

40.5%

64.6 ± 8.0

II

9.6 ± 7.1

6.9 ± 1.6

NA

8

  1. Data are mean ± standard deviation or mean or median (centile 10-centile 90).
  2. JBI scores: article quality assessment using the Joanna Briggs Institute Prevalence Critical Appraisal Tool.
  3. HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin.
  4. Adjusted factors: 1 = age, 2 = gender, 3 = duration of diabetes, 4 = type of diabetes, 5 = treatment of diabetes, 6 = control of diabetes, 7 = glycosylated hemoglobin, 8 = fasting plasma glucose, 9 = fructosamine, 10 = C-peptide, 11 = hypertension, 12 = systolic blood pressure, 13 = diastolic blood pressure, 14 = antihypertensive medication, 15 = body mass index, 16 = dyslipidaemia, 17 = serum cholesterol level, 18 = serum triglycerides level, 19 = low density lipoprotein, 20 = high density lipoprotein, 21 = weight, 22 = obesity, 23 = waist circumference, 24 = diabetic retinopathy, 25 = non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, 26 = proliferative diabetic retinopathy, 27 = diabetic kidney disease, 28 = blood urea nitrogen, 29 = uric acid, 30 = eGFR, 31 = Urinary albumin/creatinine ratio, 32 = albumin excretion rate, 33 = diabetic neuropathy, 34 = smoking, 35 = drinking, 36 = family history, 37 = coronary heart disease, 38 = cerebrovascular disease, 39 = peripheral vascular disease, 40 = foot ulcer, 41 = anemia, 42 = pulse-wave velocity, 43 = intima-media thickness, 44 = pulse pressure, 45 = HIV positivity.