Table 1 Demographic summary of all the studies included in the systematic review and meta-analysis
First author | Year | Type of studies | AMD | Controls | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Age | Gender(m/f) | n | Age | Gender(m/f) | ||||
Batya Rinsky | 2021 | Observational studies | 30 | dry AMD: 77.3 ± 10.5, wet AMD: 78.6 ± 7.4, | dry AMD: 10/5 wet AMD: 6/9 | 20 | 74.8 ± 7.1 | 10/10 | [21] |
Je-Hyun Baek | 2018 | Observational studies | 4 | 73.5 ± 4.9 | 0/4 | 2 | 73.5 ± 4.9 | 0/2 | [22] |
Tae Wan Kim | 2012 | Observational studies | 9 | 68.9 ± 12.8 | 5/4 | 8 | 73.0 ± 11.4 | 4/4 | [23] |
Ching-Yao Tsai | 2022 | RCT | 28 | / | / | 25 | / | / | [24] |
Si-Chang Qu | 2019 | Observational studies | 12 | 80.82 ± 4.17 | 5/7 | 12 | 68.81 ± 18.82 | 6/6 | [25] |
Jiaqi Yao | 2013 | Observational studies | 6 | 56.17 ± 9.28 | 3/3 | 6 | 57.5 ± 2.95 | 3/3 | [26] |
Gum-Yong Kang | 2014 | RCT | 14 | 69.9 ± 7.4 | 9/5 | 18 | 67.3 ± 6.8 | 5/1 | [27] |
Hyungwoo Lee | 2014 | RCT | 15 | 69.8 ± 7.2 | 8/7 | 15 | 70.3 ± 8.0 | 8/7 | [28] |
Matthias Nobl | 2016 | Observational studies | 72 | 76.5 ± 10.0 | 28/44 | 16 | 61.7 ± 11.7 | 7/9 | [29] |
Michael Janusz Koss | 2014 | Observational studies | 73 | 77.8 | 23/50 | 15 | 60.0 ± 16.0 | 7/8 | [30] |
Christian Schori | 2018 | Observational studies | 16 | dry AMD: 80.3 ± 6.6 wet AMD: 80.8 ± 6.2 | 5/11 | 9 | 70.1 ± 4.1 | 4/5 | [31] |