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Table 1 Population and characteristics of included studies

From: Mean peak systolic velocity of superior thyroid artery for the differential diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis: a diagnostic meta-analysis

study

Country

No. of

GD/ DT

Sex (male/female)

Age(year)

GD

DT

GD

DT

Kumar, 2009

India

34/31

10/24

4/27

37.1 (12.7)

29.1 (9.2)

Kim, 2015

Korea

40/20

12/28

7/13

43.23 ± 14.56

41.7 ± 13.97

Uchida, 2010

Japan

44/13

15/29

3/10

42.1 ± 14.4

43.8 ± 17.0

Zhao, 2012(1)

China

103/32

29/74

12/20

45.86 ± 13.6

43.06 ± 12.3

Zhao, 2012(2)

China

118/51

42/76

18/33

39.66 ± 13.7

45.06 ± 12.1

Hiraiwa, 2013

Japan

68/33

15/53

6/27

41 (33–54.5)

37 (29–43)

Karakas, 2014

Turkey

17/7

11/6

6/1

44.3 ± 17

43.7 ± 14.6

Shafi, 2012

Turkey

31/41

0/31

0/41

29.1 ± 5.12

29.1 ± 4.8

Xue, 2015

China

35/33

0/35

0/33

27.25 ± 4.00

26.88 ± 4.03

Yang, 2017

China

30/25

0/30

0/25

not clear

not clear

Donkol, 2013

Saudi Arabia

18/8

not clear

not clear

31.1 ± 8.4

33.1 ± 7.5

  1. GD Graves’ disease, DT destructive thyroiditis, (1) retrospective study, (2) prospective study