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. 2014 Jan 21;9(1):e85718. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085718

Table 1. Characteristics and quality of studies included in the Meta-analysis.

OCT No. of eyes Mean Age (years) Gender (Male/Female) NOS Scale
Author(s) Year Country Manufacturer Model PD HC PD HC PD HC Selection Comparability Expose Total Score
Morgia/2013 [22] Italy Carl Zeiss Stratus 81 86 65.6 65.5 24/19 34/52 *** * ** 6
Aaker/2010 [9] USA Heidelberg Spectralis 18 19 64 67 13/5 9/10 **** * ** 7
Moschos/2011 [5] Greece Carl Zeiss Stratus Model 3000 32 40 57 52 9/7 10/10 *** * ** 6
Albrecht/2012 [4] Germany Heidelberg Spectralis 80 70 61.2 NR 30/10 NR *** * ** 6
Tsironi/2012 [21] Greece Carl Zeiss Stratus 24 24 66.6 64.3 14/10 11/13 *** ** ** 7
Rohani/2012 [20] Iran Topcon 3D-OCT 1000 Mark II 54 50 54.6 55.0 40/14 34/16 **** * ** 7
Kirbas/2013 [19] Turkey Carl Zeiss Cirrus HD 84 80 59.3 57.0 24/28 24/16 *** * ** 6
Inzelberg/2004 [18] Israel NR NR 10 10 57 52 5/5 NR *** * ** 6
Archibald/2011 [7] UK Carl Zeiss Stratus Model 3000 34 17 71.6 71.3 22/15 9/10 **** ** ** 8
Satue/2013 [17] Spain Carl Zeiss Heidelberg Cirrus HD Spectralis 100 100 64 64 82/18 NR ** * ** 5
Altintas/2008 [6] Turkey Carl Zeiss Stratus Model 3000 34 22 59.3 58.1 9/8 6/5 ** * ** 5
Garcia-Martin/2012 [24] Spain Carl Zeiss Heidelberg Cirrus HD Spectralis 75 75 64.4 64.2 45/30 45/30 *** * ** 6
Sen/2013 [23] Turkey Optovue RTVue-100 18 11 63.56 61.18 8/10 5/6 **** ** ** 8

PD = Parkinson's disease; HC = healthy controls; RNFL = retinal nerve fiber layer; NOS = Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; NR = not reported.