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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies in the meta-analysis

From: Association between HbA1c and deep sternal wound infection after coronary artery bypass: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author, year [reference]

Country

Study period

Follow-up duration

Design

No. of patients

DM (%)

Male (%)

Age

Body mass index

Emer-

gency (%)

Incidence of DSWI (normal HbA1c/elevated HbA1c, %)

HbA1c cutoff points

NOS

Alserius et al., 2008 [30]

Sweden

2002 to 2004

3.5 ± 0.9 years

P

605

27

79

66

31

0

1.08/1.75

6.0%; 7.0%

8

Halkos et al., 2008 [31]

United States

2002 to 2006

In-hospital stay

R

3,089

40.1

72.6

62.6

NA

0

2.13/1.85

7.0%

6

Matsuura et al., 2009 [20]

Japan

2000 to 2007

2.4 ± 1.6 years

R

101

100

79.2

65.5

24.2

NA

0/1.05

6.5%

7

Göksedef et al., 2010 [19]

Turkey

2007 to 2008

In-hospital stay/30 days

P

150

35.3

72.7

62.1

27.8

0

2.42/2.94

7.0%

8

Tsuruta et al., 2011 [32]

Japan

2002 to 2007

Perioperative

P

306

100

79.1

59.8

24.0

9.4

1.38/1.02

6.5%; 7.5%

7

Gumus et al., 2013 [33]

Turkey

2010 to 2012

NA

R

510

40.2

74.9

60.6

27.6

13.1

0.66/0

5.9%

7

Engoren et al., 2014 [18]

United States

2007 to 2010

In-hospital stay/30 days

R

880

47.2

72.7

64.7

NA

NA

0.50/2.18

6.0%; 7.0%

6

Subramaniam et al., 2014 [25]

Israel

2008 to 2011

In-hospital stay

P

1,461

38.5

74.8

68

NA

NA

0/5.17

6.5%

7

Santos et al., 2015 [34]

Argentina

NA

In-hospital stay

P

96

100

82.3

63

28

0

0.53/1.32

7.0%

6

Narayan et al., 2017 [10]

India

2011 to 2014

NA

R

4,678

65.1

90.9

58.9

23.8

0

1.28/3.68

6.5%

5

Nicolini et al., 2018 [9]

European

2015 to 2016

In-hospital stay

P

2,606

36.1

86

67.5

27.8

0

0/5.00

7.0%; 9.0%

8

Ramadan et al., 2018 [35]

Egypt

2013 to 2015

In-hospital stay

P

80

100

76.3

57.3

NA

0

2.73/4.62

7.0%

6

Almogati et al., 2019 [36]

Saudi Arabia

2013 to 2015

NA

R

305

81.6

82

59.1

27.8

NA

2.44/6.25

7.0%

5

Kim et al., 2020 [37]

Korea

2005 to 2017

30 days

R

703

100

71

65.8

NA

1.4

0.44/2.33

7.0%

6

  1. Note: DM, diabetes mellitus; DSWI, deep sternal wound infection; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; P, prospective study; R, retrospective study; NA, not available