Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis
Author, year, reference | Country | Male cases (%) | Age, mean (SD) | Diagnosis of cases | Control source and characteristics | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Africa | ||||||
Ben-Selma et al., [23] | Tunisia | 75 | 44(-)/- | Clinical and radiological pTB, BCG+ | Healthy individuals, same community and ethnicity, BCG+ | RFLP |
Arji et al., [24] | Morocco | 56 | 30(16)/38(17) | Clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+, HIV-, HBV-, HCV- | Healthy blood donors | RFLP |
Möller et al., [22] | South Africa | - | - | Clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+, HIV- | Healthy individuals, same community, HIV- | SNPlex genotyping system |
Thye et al., [20] | Ghana | - | - | Clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+, HIV- | Healthy individuals, TST- | Light type-based genotype |
Velez et al., [21] | Guinea- Bissau | 60 | 37(14)/36(12) | Clinical Pulmonary pTB, AFB+, HIV- | Healthy individuals, same community | Real-time PCR |
Velez et al., [21] | Gambia | 69 | 33(14)/ 29(13) | Clinical Pulmonary pTB, AFB+, HIV- | Neighbors, spouses | Real-time PCR |
Asia | ||||||
Flores-Villanueva et al., [10] | Korea | 67 | 38(-)/34(-) | Clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+, culture+, HIV- | Healthy blood donors | RFLP |
Chu et al., [27] | Hong Kong | 66 | 48(18)/31(9) | Clinical pTB, AFB+, HIV- | Healthy blood donors | RFLP |
Xu et al., [29] | China | 51 | 45(14)/42(13) | Clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+, in treatment | Healthy children | SSP-PCR |
Yang et al., [28] | China | 66 | - | Clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+, in treatment | Surgery and Gynecology patients, no prior TB | RFLP |
Naderi et al., [30] | Persia | 22 | 50(21)/51(13) | Patients with confirmed pTB | Healthy individuals | Tetra-ARMS PCR |
Mishra et al., [26] | India | 69 | 37(7)/38(6) | AFB+ or patients under treatment | Healthy individuals, same ethnicity, AFB- | RFLP |
Alagarasu et al., [25] | India | 66 | 34(10)/31(9) | Clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+, HIV- | Healthy individuals | RFLP |
Latin America | ||||||
Flores-Villanueva et al., [10] | Mexico | 68 | 37(7)/36(7) | Clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+, culture+ | Healthy neighbors, 334 TST+, 176 TST- | RFLP |
Ganachari et al., [3] | Mexico | 65 | 36(6)/37(3) | BCG+, clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+, HIV- | Healthy neighbors, TST+, HIV- | Tetra-ARMS |
Ganachari et al., [3] | Peru | 58 | 30(10)/34(9) | Clinical and radiological pTB, AFB+ | Healthy individuals | Tetra-ARMS |