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. 2019 Aug 20;11(8):1950. doi: 10.3390/nu11081950

Table 3.

Data extracted from the selected studies for meta-analysis. The total number of patients analyzed and those with compatible antibody tests or biopsy are shown.

First Author Infertility Unexplained Infertility Recurrent Miscarriage Control Group
Total N Anti-TG2 EMA Biopsy Total N Anti-TG2 EMA Biopsy Total N Anti-TG2 EMA Biopsy Total N Anti-TG2 EMA Biopsy
Wilson [17] 77 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Collin [9] 200 - - 4 98 - - 4 50 - - 0 150 - - 0
Kolho [18] 192 - 2 - 47 - 1 - 63 - 1 - 51 - 1 1
Meloni [19] 99 - 4 3 25 - 2 1 - - - - 1607 - - 17
Vancikova [10] 363 4 1 - 275 3 0 - - - - - 1312 92 6 -
Fasano [12] 48 - 3 - 48 - 3 - - - - - 2069 - 15 -
Shamaly [20] 192 4 5 5 192 4 5 5 - - - - 210 2 0 1
Tiboni [14] 200 5 3 5 53 0 0 - - - - - 200 2 1 2
Bustos [21] 118 3 - - - - - 118 3 - - 125 0 - -
Jackson [22] 121 1 1 - 121 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Kumar [11] 334 20 16 - 230 13 11 - 104 7 5 - 305 4 3 -
Hogen Esch [23] 654 5 5 - 351 2 2 - - - - - 716 2 2 -
Choi [13] 188 3 3 4 51 2 2 3 - - - - - - - -
Khoshbaten [24] 100 8 - 3 * 100 8 - 3 * - - - - 200 4 - 0
Sharshiner [25] 116 1 0 - - - - - 116 1 0 - 116 1 1 -
Machado [26] 170 6 3 2 ** 29 3 3 2 ** - - - - - - - -
Karaca [27] 65 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 - - - - - - - -
Sarikaya [28] 45 1 - - - - - - 45 1 - - 41 3 - -
Sabzebari [29] 100 8 - 7 100 8 - 7 - - - - - - - -
Gunn [30] 393 1 - - 197 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Juneau [31] 995 24 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Grode [32] 457 4 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kutteh [33] 708 9 6 - - - - - 708 9 6 - 100 1 1 -

* Biopsy performed in 3 anti-TG2 positive women; ** biopsy performed in 5 seropositive women.