Table 2.

The characteristics of the included studies for meta-analysis and summarized uveitis pattern in the studies carried out at tertiary ophthalmology referral centers in Iran

Study

First author

City (university)

Publication date (duration of study)

Sample size

Mean age (range)

Male / female

Unilateral / bilateral

Ant. uveitis n (%)

Int. uveitis n (%)

Post. uveitis n (%)

Pan-uveitis n (%)

Infectious/ non-infectious

Granulomatous/ non- granulomatous

Patterns of Uveitis at a Tertiary Referral Center in Northeastern Iran [25]

Hosseini SM

Eye Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

2018 (Feb 2013 to Mar 2014)

235

35.75 $\pm$ 16.34 (3–82)

94/141

85/150

87 (37)

28 (11.9)

10 (4.25)

110 (46.8)

46/189

32/179 (24 undefined)

Clinical Course of Uveitis in Children in a Tertiary Ophthalmology Center in Northwest Iran[26]

Alizadeh Ghavidel L

Department of Ophthalmology, Nikookari Eye Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

2017 (2003 to 2015)

243

12.3 $\pm$ 4.53 (1–18)

113/130

105/138

73 (30)

146 (60.1)

12 (4.9)

12 (4.9)

28/215

40/203

Demographic and Clinical Features of Pediatric Uveitis at a Tertiary Referral Center in Iran[27]

Rahimi M

Department of Ophthalmology, Poustchi Eye Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

2016 (Jan 2007 to Dec 2013)

54

12.5 $\pm$ 5 (2–18)

24/30

31/23

22 (40.7)

18 (33.3)

10 (18.5)

4 (7.5)

10/44

—

Clinical Patterns of Uveitis in an Iranian Tertiary Eye-care Center[28]

Kianersi F

Isfahan Eye Research Center, Feiz Eye Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

2015 (1999 to 2012)

2016

33.76 $\pm$ 10.56 (2.5–98)

915/1101

1232/784

865 (42.9)

390 (19.3)

432 (21.42)

329 (16.3)

474/1542

176/1840

Patterns of Uveitis at a Tertiary Referral Center in Southern Iran[29]

Rahimi M

Poustchi Eye Research Center and Ophthalmology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

2014 (Jun 2005 to July 2011)

475

30.5 $\pm$ 15.4 (5–56)

216/259

292/183

190 (40)

53 (11.1)

133 (28)

99 (20.8)

110/365

52/423

Patterns of uveitis in a tertiary eye care center in Iran[30]

Soheilian M

Ocular Inflammatory and Uveitis Service, Ophthalmology Department and Ophthalmic Research Center, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Negah Eye Center, Tehran, Iran.

2004 (1997 to 2000)

544

32.3 $\pm$ 15.2 (—)

238/306

275/269

209 (38.41)

96 (17.6)

101 (18.6)

138 (25.4)

90/454

79/465

Ant. uveitis: anterior uveitis; Int. uveitis: intermediate uveitis; Post. uveitis: posterior uveitis