Table 1.
Characteristics of 11 studies included in this meta-analysis.
| ID | First author | Publication year | Country | Research design | Data source | Age | HFRS | HFRS with AP (Death/Alive) | HFRS without AP (Death/Alive) | Quality of literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bren AF (25) | 1996 | Slovenia | Cross-sectional study | Data of HFRS from Department of Nephrology University Medical Center during 1983 to 1995. | 16–71 | 33 | 4 (NA/NA) | 29 (NA/NA) | Moderate |
| 2 | Zhu Y (26) | 2013 | China | Cross-sectional study | Data of HFRS from The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University during May 2006 to May 2012. | 11–75 | 218 | 10 (0/10) | 208 (14/194) | High |
| 3 | Fan H (21) | 2013 | China | Cross-sectional study | Data of HFRS complicated with acute pancreatitis from Ningbo first hospital during September 2001to December 2012. | NA | 156 | 12 (1/11) | 144 (NA/NA) | Moderate |
| 4 | Ren Y (27) | 2015 | China | Cross-sectional study | The confirmed cases of HFRS in the Third People’s Hospital of Nantong City during October 2012 to December 2014. | 20–67 | 18 | 2 (0/2) | 16 (3/13) | High |
| 5 | Puca E (28) | 2017 | Albania | Cross-sectional study | Data of HFRS from Tirana University Hospital Center, during January 2011 and December 2016 | 15–59 | 36 | 4 (1/3) | 32 (3/29) | High |
| 6 | Dong X (29) | 2018 | China | Cross-sectional study | Cases of HFRS diagnosed in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2010 to December 2016. | Median: 44.70 ± 12.60 | 55 | 2 (0/2) | 53 (2/51) | High |
| 7 | Chen ZM (30) | 2018 | China | Cross-sectional study | Cases of HFRS diagnosed in the Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from October 2016 to February 2018. | 13–76 | 50 | 2 (NA/NA) | 48 (NA/NA) | High |
| 8 | Wang WJ (31) | 2020 | China | Case–control study | Data of HFRS and ABP cases diagnosed in the First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College from 2012 to 2018 were collected. Case: HFRS with AP; Control: ABP. | 18–85 | 83 | 7 (0/7) | 76 (NA/NA) | High |
| 9 | Guo Q (20) | 2021 | China | Case–control study | Data of HFRS from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University during January 2013 to July 2020. Case: HFRS with AP; Control: HFRS without AP. | Median: 46.1 ± 11.5 | 346 | 29 (7/22) | 317 (7/310) | High |
| 10 | Xia Y (22) | 2023 | China | Case–control study | Cases of HFRS diagnosed in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2017 to September 2021 were collected. Case: HFRS with AP; Control: HFRS without AP | Median: 49.1 ± 13.6 | 109 | 20 (1/19) | 89 (2/87) | High |
| 11 | Wang W (32) | 2023 | China | Cross-sectional study | cases of HFRS diagnosed with HFRS in the First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College from July 2012 to September 2021. | Median: 49.3 ± 14.8 | 114 | 18 (NA/NA) | 96 (NA/NA) | High |
NA, not applicable.