Increased serum resistin levels correlate with psoriasis: a meta-analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of included studies focused on protein expression of resistin

First author	Year	Ethnicity	Number	Sample size		Gender (M/F)		Age (years)		Method
First author	Year	Ethnicity	Number	Case	Control	Case	Control	Case	Control	Method
Rajappa M [31]	2014	Asians	Large	60	60	50/10	49/11	41.97 ± 13.40	43.75 ± 11.14	ELISA
Takahashi H [21]	2013	Asians	Large	62	58	41/21	40/18	44.2 (27~74)	39.5 (29~69)	ELISA
Romani J [24]	2013	Caucasians	Large	50	50	31/19	31/19	46.37 ± 17.29	46.06 ± 17.53	ELISA
Lora V [18]	2013	Caucasians	Small	27	27	15/12	15/12	49.9 ± 12.3	48.1 ± 8.2	ELISA
Ozdemir M [25]	2012	Asians	Small	26	26	14/12	13/13	42.4 ± 13.2	40.6 ± 10.2	ELISA
Nakajima H [23]	2011	Asians	Small	30	30	-	-	-	-	ELISA
Lan CX [30]	2010	Asians	Large	70	30	42/28	18/12	38.31 ± 3.34	37.63 ± 3.29	ELISA
Coimbra S [33]	2010	Caucasians	Large	66	37	35/31	16/21	-	-	ELISA
Johnston A [32]	2008	Caucasians	Small	30	30	16/14	13/16	52.87 (24~77)	47.14 (22~83)	ELISA

M, male; F, female; ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; RIA, radioimmunoassay.

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