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. 2023 Sep 15;18(1):49. doi: 10.5334/gh.1265

Table 1.

Characteristics of studies eligible for the systematic review.


STUDY COUNTRY AGE GROUP PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS NUMBER OF HIV AMONG THE RHD CASES REFERENCE COMMENTS

DiCarlo et al., 1989 United Sates Adult Case of IE 1 case (case study) [48] Excluded from meta-analysis

Radcliffe et al., 1991 United Kingdom Adult, 25 years old Case of IE 1 case (case study) [49] Excluded from meta-analysis

Mesquita et al., 1996 Brazil Adult, 36 years old A Case of RHD + HIV 1 case (case study) [45] Excluded from meta-analysis

Vohra et al., 2014 India Adult, 21 years old A case report of ARF + HIV 1 case (case study) [47] Excluded from meta-analysis

Sathekge et al., 2015 South Africa 28 years old 28-year-old HIV+ woman presented with productive cough, fever weight loss, and progressive dyspnoea class II to III for six months 1 case (case study) [46] Excluded from meta-analysis

1. Meel et al., 2017 South Africa Adult, 30–60 years old RHD cohort in Soweto 26 HIV/94 RHD [34] Included in meta-analysis

2. Schwartz, 2012 Botswana Adults, 15–97 (mean 45 for RHDs) Cardiomyopathy cohort 7 HIV/15 RHD (of a cohort of 179 CVD referrals) [29] Included in meta-analysis

3. Huck et al., 2016 Uganda 10–60 years old Mixed: RHD+ and HIV+ 21 HIV/115 RH adults [36] Included in meta-analysis

4. Sliwa et al., 2010 South Africa Adults > 14 years old (97% > 20 years old) RHD cohort 23 HIV+/344 RHD cases of various ages, 14–70 years, but only 3% of cases were 14–19 years, so mainly adults [14] Included in meta-analysis

5. Koegelenberg, 2003 South Africa Adults (mean age 37.7) IE study cohort 1 HIV+/36 RHD in a 47 IE cohort studied [38] Included in meta-analysis

6. Dobe et al., 2020 Mozambique Adults, 18–75 years old Study of HIV cohort 6 RHD/468 HIV cases (6 of 88 who had evidence of CVD in the 468 HIV cohort) [50] Included in meta-analysis

7. Sliwa et al., 2012 South Africa Adult CV disease (mean age 41 years old) Heart disease in HIV-infected adults 32 RHD/518 HIV adults [51] Included in meta-analysis

8. Hovis et al., 2016 Uganda 5–15 years old HIV vertically acquired cohort 15 RHD/993 HIV children [52] Included in meta-analysis

9. Glearson et al., 2017 Uganda 7–13 years old HIV vertically infected children 4 RHD/488 HIV children [53] Included in meta-analysis

10. Manafe et al., 2019 Mozambique Children (median age 9 years old) Vertically acquired HIV-infected children 1 RHD/47 HIV children [54] Included in meta-analysis

Eligible published reports selected for the systematic review and meta-analysis.