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Table 2 Characteristics and design of the included studies

From: Lipid profiles in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Study

Design

Country/

Region

Sample size

Age (mean ± SD)

Sex (female, %)

Disease duration (years)

Classification criteria

Diagnosis

Active disease (%)

Treatment at enrollment

Measurement

Case

Control

Case

Control

Case

Control

Hussain,

2020 [17]

CS

India

81

78

12.5(8–16)a

13(9–17)a

38.2

42

3 (2–6)a

ILAR criteria

JIA

42

Steroids, NSAIDs, and MTX

BMI VLDL LDL HDL

Jednacz,

2015 [18]

CS

Poland

30

20

14.0 ± 1.8

14.4 ± 1.8

76.7

75

 

ILAR criteria

JIA

67

Steroids, DMARDs, and TNF inhibitors

BMI TG TC HDL-C LDL-C

Breda,

2013 [19]

CC

Italy

38

40

7.05 ± 2.39

6.34 ± 2.25

68.4

55

 

ILAR criteria

JIA

 

NSAIDs and MTX

BMI TC TG HDL-C LDL-C

Pugliese,

2015 [20]

CS

Brazil

35

35

11.90 ± 2.0

12.50 ± 3.0

  

6.0 (0.25–13)a

ILAR criteria

JIA

 

Steroids, DMARDs, and TNF inhibitors

TC HDL LDL VLDL TG

Gonçalves,

2007 [21]

CS

Brazil

51

52

11.3 ± 4.2

12.5 ± 3.5

72.6

80.1

 

ILAR criteria

JIA

 

Steroids, NSAIDs, and DMARDs

HDL LDL VLDL TG

Tselepis,

1999 [22]

CO

France

26

22

11 ± 3

11 ± 4

53.9

63.6

4.5 (0.5–10)a

ACR criteria

JRA

53.9

Steroids, NSAIDs, and MTX

BMI HDL-C LDL-C TG TC Apo-A1 Apo-B

Bos,

2016 [23]

CC

Netherlands

76

131

10.4 ± 1.2

10.0 ± 1.4

66

63

3.6 ± 2.7

ILAR criteria

JIA

 

NSAIDs, and DMARDs

BMI

Więch,

2018 [24]

CS

Poland

46

46

12.74 ± 3.85

12.70 ± 3.80

   

ILAR criteria

JIA

  

BMI

Risum,

2019 [25]

CO

Norway

59

59

13.6 ± 2.2

13.5 ± 2.6

85

85

7.9 ± 3.8

ILAR criteria

JIA

33.9

 

BMI

Turoňová,

2018 [26]

CO

Slovakia

25

25

13.91 ± 2.98

14.01 ± 3.0

56

56

5.48 ± 3.91

ILAR criteria

JPSA

 

Steroids, NSAIDs, and DMARDs

HDL LDL TG TC

Studart,

2015 [27]

CO

Brazil

50

20

13.4 ± 4.4

11 ± 4

62

55

5.5 ± 4.3

ILAR criteria

JIA

  

BMI

Bakkaloglu,

1996 [28]

CS

Turkey

19

18

     

ACR criteria

JCA

  

BMI HDL LDL VLDL TG TC Apo-A1 Apo-B

Mani,2016 [29]

CO

USA

29

15

17.3 ± 6.7

21.7 ± 6.8

62.1

53.3

 

ILAR criteria

JIA

 

NSAIDs, and DMARDs

BMI HDL TG HDL-C LDL-C Apo-A1

Aranda-Valera,2020 [30]

CS

Spain

25

25

25.11 ± 7.21

27.21 ± 2.54

56

52

13.47 ± 5.47

ILAR criteria

JIA

 

Steroids, NSAIDs, DMARDs, and TNF inhibitors

BMI TG TC HDL-C LDL-C Apo-B

Sun,2019 [31]

CO

Mainland, China

22

45

     

ILAR criteria

sJIA

68.2

 

TG TC HDL-C LDL-C

Shen,2012 [32]

CO

Taiwan, China

27

232

14.58 ± 4.12

14.15 ± 3.76

40.7

37.5

 

ILAR criteria

JIA

46.6

 

BMI TG TC HDL-C LDL-C

  1. ACR American College of Rheumatology, Apo Apolipoprotein, BMI Body mass index, CC a case‒control study, CO Cohort study, CS a cross-sectional study, DMARDs Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, HDL High-density lipoprotein, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, ILAR International League of Associations for Rheumatology, JCA Juvenile chronic arthritis, JIA Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, JPSA Juvenile psoriatic arthritis, JRA Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, LDL Low-density lipoprotein, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, MTX Methotrexate, NSAIDs Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, sJIA Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, TC Total cholesterol, TNF: tumor necrosis factor, TG Triglyceride, VLDL Very low-density lipoprotein
  2. Note: aAverage age (upper quartile, lower quartile).