Table 1.
Characteristics of included trials.
| Study | Sample size (F) | Age, years (M ± SD) | Stroke | Baseline lipid level (mmol/L) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Control | Case | Control | Total | Case | Control | LDL | TC | TG | HDL | |
| Yan and Zhang (20) | 117(45) | 115(47) | 58.7 ± 10.1 | 57.4 ± 12.4 | 232 | 7 | 13 | 4.37 | 6.25 | 3.17 | 1.13 |
| Lin et al. (18) | 100(26) | 100(29) | 61.7 ± 9.6 | 62.7 ± 9.8 | 200 | 17 | 22 | 4.78 | 2.48 | 6.12 | 0.88 |
| Zhao et al. (21) | 95(na) | 95(na) | na | na | 190 | 5 | 24 | 2.03 | na | na | na |
| Wang et al. (19) | 1,062(286) | 2,806(974) | na | na | 3,868 | 73 | 183 | 2.79 | na | na | na |
| Zhao et al. (22) | 64(39) | 446(280) | 60.9 ± 13.9 | 58.8 ± 13.7 | 510 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 5.07 | na | na |
F, female; na, not available.