Table 1.
Details of individual patient data included in this meta-analysis
| Data set ID | Country | Study design |
Number of participants (n) | Age (year) |
BMI (kg/m2) |
WC (cm) |
M/F | Recruitment interval | Hardware used | Probe used |
| Agrawal et al 49 | UK | MC, P, CS | 25 | 47.8 (19–70) |
27.7 (15.8–35.7) |
95.4 (39–120) |
18/7 | 2009–2012 | – | M |
| Aykut et al 50 | Turkey | SC, P, CS | 88 | 46.0 (24–62) |
30.3 (18.3–41.8) |
101.5 (70–143) |
50/38 | – | FibroScan 502 Touch | M |
| Boursier et al 51–53 | France | MC, P, CS | 1063 | 56.1 (18–83) |
31.6 (16.7–55.5) |
108.3 (58–174) |
613/450 | – | – | M or XL |
| Cassinotto et al 54 | France | SC, P, CS | 61 | 55.9 (22–81) |
30.1 (16.7–46.6) |
103.6 (72–125) |
40/21 | 2010–2012 | – | M and XL |
| Cassinotto et al 55 | France | MC, P, CS | 286 | 56.6 (18–80) |
32.2 (20.3–57.4) |
109.8 (68–168) |
171/115 | 2011–2015 | – | M and XL |
| Chan et al 56 | Malaysia | SC, P, CS | 146 | 50.4 (18–73) |
29.4 (6.9–41.2) |
98.3 (79–127) |
80/66 | 2012–2013 | FibroScan 502 Touch | M |
| Chan et al 57 | Malaysia, Hong Kong | MC, P, CC | 153 | 54.0 (24–76) |
29.9 (20.1–44.8) |
98.4 (69–141) |
68/85 | – | FibroScan 502 Touch | M and XL |
| Eddowes et al 31 58 | UK | MC, P, CS | 358 | 53.3 (19–77) |
34.2 (19.5–53.2) |
117.2 (65–158) |
206/152 | – | – | M or XL |
| Eddowes et al 59 | UK | MC, P, CS | 50 | 50.2 (18–73) |
33.6 (23.6–47.8) |
109.4 (89–132) |
28/22 | 2014–2015 | – | M or XL |
| Gaia et al 60 | Italy | SC, P, CS | 68 | 46.8 (28–65) |
28.0 (21.2–40.2) |
– | 48/20 | 2007–2009 | – | M |
| Garg et al 61 | India | SC, P, CS | 76 | 38.2 (20–65) |
45.2 (32.3–73.8) |
– | 16/60 | 2014–2016 | FibroScan 502 Touch | XL |
| Karlas et al 62 | Germany | SC, P, CS | 41 | 45.7 (28–64) |
47.7 (33.7–60.1) |
– | 13/28 | – | FibroScan 502 | XL |
| Labenz et al 63 | Germany | SC, P, CS | 126 | 47.4 (20–73) |
31.6 (23.2–50.4) |
– | 72/54 | – | FibroScan 402 | M or XL |
| Lee et al 64 | Korea | SC, P, CS | 94 | 55.5 (19–82) |
27.2 (19.1–36.3) |
– | 41/53 | 2014–2015 | – | M or XL |
| Lupsor et al 65 | Romania | SC, P, CS | 72 | 42.4 (20–69) |
29.7 (21.0–41.5) |
102.4 (60–124) |
51/21 | 2007–2009 | – | M |
| Mahadeva et al 66 | Malaysia | SC, P, CS | 131 | 49.9 (23–73) |
28.7 (18.6–43.1) |
93.5 (43–128) |
66/65 | 2009–2010 | – | M |
| Okajima et al 67 | Japan | SC, P, CS | 173 | 56.3 (18–81) |
27.2 (16.5–40.3) |
– | 84/89 | 2013–2015 | – | M |
| Ooi et al 68 | Australia | MC, P, CS | 82 | 44.5 (18–67) |
46.2 (29.1–74.0) |
136.5 (101–192) |
23/59 | 2015–2016 | – | M or XL |
| Pavlides et al 69 | UK | SC, P, CS | 70 | 53.5 (25–77) |
34.5 (23.0–57.3) |
112.5 (80–149) |
42/28 | 2011–2015 | – | M or XL |
| Petta et al 70 71 | Italy | MC, P&R, CS | 234 | 45.5 (15–78) |
28.2 (15.7–40.7) |
99.4 (69–126) |
169/65 | 2008–2013 | – | M |
| Petta et al 28 | France, Hong Kong, Italy | MC, P, CS | 260 | 54.6 (15–87) |
29.4 (16.5–46.6) |
100.9 (74–148) |
122/138 | – | – | M |
| Petta et al 72 | Italy | MC, P, CS | 474 | 45.5 (19–77) |
29.2 (15.2–49.5) |
99.6 (47–164) |
275/199 | – | – | M |
| Seki et al 73 | Japan | SC, P, CS | 181 | 57.7 (16–82) |
27.1 (16.9–38.1) |
95.1 (71–117) |
91/90 | 2013–2015 | – | M |
| Shen et al 74 | China | MC, P, CS | 101 | 59.0 (16–67) |
27.0 (20.1–37.3) |
92.9 (75–120) |
74/27 | 2012–2014 | FibroScan 502 | M |
| Staufer75 | Austria | MC, P, CS | 186 | 49.6 (19–83) |
32.5 (19.0–56.9) |
– | 106/80 | 2011–2016 | FibroScan 502 Touch | M or XL |
| Wong et al 76–79 | Hong Kong, France | MC, P, CS | 464 | 53.8 (20–83) |
30.5 (17.3–48.0) |
102.0 (71–148) |
201/263 | 2009–2017 | – | M and XL |
| Wong et al 20 | Hong Kong, France | MC, P, CS | 273 | 51.6 (21–77) |
28.8 (16.5–54.0) |
96.2 (65–144) |
147/126 | 2003–2009 | – | M |
| Yoneda et al 80 | Japan | MC, P, CS | 97 | 52.1 (19–76) |
26.5 (17.9–38.5) |
– | 41/56 | <2008 | – | M |
| Younes et al 81 | Italy | MC, P, CS | 289 | 44.8 (15–78) |
28.8 (17.5–41.7) |
98.9 (47–128) |
199/90 | – | – | M |
| Ziol et al 82 | France | SC, P, CS | 13 | 49.3 (39–60) |
29.4 (23.8–34.6) |
– | 10/3 | 2003–2005 | – | – |
–, Data not available; BMI, body mass index; CC, case-control; CS, cross-sectional; F, females; M, males; MC, multicentre; P, prospective; R, retrospective; SC, single-centre; WC, waist circumference.