Introduction
Materials and methods
Data sources and literature searches
Study inclusion and exclusion criteria
Quality assessment and data extraction
Data synthesis and analysis
Results
Search results and included studies
Reference | Region | Sample Size | Periods | Recipient Age | MELD Score | Male (%) | Most common etiology | ||
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BMI ≥ 30 | BMI < 30 | BMI ≥ 30 | BMI < 30 | ||||||
Nair (2001)a [15] | America | 21Φ | 64b | 1994-1996 | 46.7 ± 10.5Φ | 46.0 ± 12.6b | / | 82.4 | HCV |
Fujikawa (2006) [21] | America | 167 | 533 | 1990–2005 | 51.0 ±? | 49.5 ±? | 18.5 ±? | 61.3 | / |
Lamattina (2012) [13] | America | 306 | 482 | 1997–2008 | 53.4 ± 8.8 | 52.6 ± 9.9 | 19.8 ± 8.8 | 63.1 | Alcohol |
Hakeem (2013) [16] | The UK | 218 | 1107 | 1994–2009 | 50.9 ± 8.5 | 47.4 ± 13.0 | 19.7 ± 10.7 | 56.9 | cholestasis |
Tanaka (2013) [22] | Canada | 149 | 358 | 2000–2006 | 52.9 ± 8.6 | 51.4 ± 10.5 | 16.2 ± 8.0 | 69.0 | HCV |
Gunay (2013) [23] | Europe | 74 | 296 | 2004–2012 | 52.4 ± 8.4 | 50.4 ± 11.3 | 16.7 ± 6.6 | 76.8 | HBV |
Triguero (2015)a [24] | Europe | 11(BMI > 35) | 36(BMI 20–25) | 2007–2013 | 53 ±?(45–64) | 54.5 ±? | 15 ±? | 78.7 | Alcohol |
Molina (2016) [14] | Europe | 73 | 135 | 2008–2014 | 54.8 ± 7.7 | 52.8 ± 10.3 | 18.2 ± 5.0 | 84.1 | Alcohol |
Studies | The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale | ||||||||
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Selection | Comparability | Outcome | Total score | ||||||
Representativeness of the exposed cohort (maximum:★) | Selection of the non exposed cohort (maximum:★) | Ascertainment of exposure (maximum:★) | Demonstration that outcome of interest was not present at start of study (maximum:★) | Comparability of cohorts on the basis of the design or analysis (maximum:★★) | Assessment of outcome (maximum:★) | Was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur (maximum:★) | Adequacy of follow up of cohorts (maximum:★) | ||
Nair (2001) [15] | ★ | ★ | ★ | – | – | ★ | ★ | – | ★★★★★ |
Fujikawa (2006) [21] | ★ | ★ | ★ | – | – | – | ★ | – | ★★★★ |
Lamattina (2012) [13] | ★ | ★ | ★ | – | – | – | ★ | – | ★★★★ |
Hakeem (2013) [16] | ★ | ★ | ★ | – | – | ★ | ★ | – | ★★★★★ |
Tanaka (2013) [22] | ★ | ★ | ★ | – | – | ★ | ★ | – | ★★★★★ |
Gunay (2013) [23] | – | ★ | ★ | ★ | – | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★★★★★★ |
Triguero (2015) [24] | ★ | ★ | ★ | – | – | ★ | ★ | – | ★★★★★ |
Molina (2016) [14] | ★ | ★ | ★ | – | – | ★ | ★ | – | ★★★★★ |