Table 3.
Summary of studies included.
| Authors | Study | Year | No. of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maatouk, J.,et al. (19) | Case report | 2009 | 1 |
| 2. | Chandrakanth, A., et al. (22) | Review | 2006 | 1,556 |
| 3. | Zivaljevic, V., et al. (13) | Case Control Study | 2004 | 110 |
| 4. | Zivaljevic, V., et al. (13) | Case Control Study | 2008 | 126 |
| 5. | Kim, W. G., et al. | Epidemiologic Study | 2013 | Animal and Laboratory studies |
| 6. | Leitzmann, M. F., et al. (41) | Experimental study | 2010 | 3,490,300 |
| 7. | Zivaljevic,V., et al. (13) | Case Control Study | 2014 | 126 |
| 8. | Mitsiades, N., et al. (47) | Epidemiologic/Case Control Study | 2011 | 175 |
| 9. | Stansifer, K. J., et al. (48) | Retrospective Study | 2015 | 467 |
| 10. | Paunovic, I. R., et al. (3) | Retrodpective Study | 2015 | 150 |
| 11. | Zivaljevic, V., et al. (13) | Case Control Study | 2010 | 126 |
| 12. | Kitahara, C.M., et al. (52) | Risk Assessment Study | 2012 | 197,710 |
| 13. | Engeland, A., et al. (42) | Case Control Study | 2006 | 3,046 |
| 14. | Apostolou, K., et al. (59) | Observational Study | 2021 | 3,233 |
| 15. | Ma, J., et al. (54) | Metanalysis | 2015 | 12,620,676 |
Considering the scarcity of bibliographic data, the studies include a heterogeneous literature (retrospective, epidemiological, experimental, case control and review studies).