Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants of included studies.
| References | Study type | Provenance | Sample size | Male (%) | Age | Demographic characteristics | Quality assessment score (out of 22) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andalibi et al. (17) | Prospective cohort | Iran | 595 | 308 (51.76) | 64.6 ± 14.8 | • Study Name: Mashhad Stroke Incidence Study • Time period: 12-month period (2006–2007) • Study location: Mashad, an urban area of Iran • Other features of study population: 5 points follow-up, including 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 1 year, and 5 years after their stroke |
20 |
| Ebrahimi et al. (18) | Case-control | Iran | 956 | 542 (56.69) | 67.19 | • Time period: 2014 • Study location: Alzahra Hospital in Isfahan, Iran • Other features of study population: case = patients with confirmed AIS, control = hospitalized patients with no history of AIS and cardiovascular disease, matched for age (±5 years) and sex. |
16 |
| Fallahzadeh et al. (19) | Case-control | Iran | 9,264 | 4,276 (46.15) | 52.6 ± 9.7 | • Study Name: The Pars Cohort Study • Time period: Fall 2012 to 2014 • Study location: Valashahr district, a rural area consisting of Valashahr city and 93 villages located in Fars province in southern Iran. • Other features of study population: study population was consist of a variety of ethnicities, mainly Fars and Turk. |
17 |
| Hamzehee Moghadam et al. (20) | Case-control | Iran | 210 | 100 (47.6) | 66.9 | • Study location: Shafa hospital, Kerman, Iran • Other features of study population: Patients diagnosed with Acute ischemic stroke. |
15 |
| Khademi et al. (3) | Prospective cohort | Iran | 50,045 | 21,019 (42.00) | 52.1 ± 8.9 | • Study Name: The Golestan Cohort Study • Time period: January 2004 to June 2008 • Study location: Gonbad City and 326 villages in Golestan province, north eastern Iran |
19 |
| Mousavi-Mirzaei et al. (21) | Case-control | Iran | 133 | 70 (52.63) | 71.52 | • Time period: June 2016 to April 2017 • Study location: Vali-Asr Hospital of Birjand, East of Iran. • Other features of study population: patients diagnosed with AIS. |
17 |
| Rezvani and Ghandehari (22) | Case-control | Iran | 558 | 251 (44.98) | 56.2 | • Time period: 2010 • Study location: Cardiology and Neurology clinics of Birjand, Province of Southern Khorasan, Iran. |
18 |
| Saberi et al. (23) | Case-control | Iran | 166 | 96 (57.8) | 68.2 | • Time period: April 2013 to March 2014 • Study location: two academic hospitals associated with Guilan University of Medical Science in north of Iran. |
15 |
AIS, Acute ischemic stroke was defined as a sudden focal neurologic deficit of presumed arterial origin lasting ≥24 h with or without corresponding ischemic lesion on brain imaging.
Age is described as mean or mean ± standard deviation.
Gender is described as number of males (percent).