Table 1.
Characteristics of case-control studies included in the systematic review.
| Author, year | Setting | Study design | Stroke type (IS/HS) | Cases (n) | Controls (n) | Gender | Hypertension | DM | Alcohol use | Current smoking | HIV sero-positivity | Hypercholesterolemia |
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| Asiki et al. (2015) | Single center- South western Uganda | Case control | Not reported | 31 | 132 | + | - | - | - | - | + | - |
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| O'Donnell et al. (2010) | Multicenter- Uganda, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Nigeria | Case control | 214/109 | 323 | 323 | + | + | + | + | + | - | - |
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| Owolabi et al. (2013) | Single center- University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria | Case control | 60/30 | 135 | 117 | + | - | + | + | + | - | - |
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| Benjamin et al. (2015) | Single center- Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre district, Malawi | Case control | Not reported | 222 | 503 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
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| Walker et al. (2013) | Multicenter - rural Hai district in northern Tanzania, and urban Dar-es-Salaam- Tanzania |
Case control | 66/14 | 200 | 398 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
+ = information available; - = information not available.