The Impact of Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Febrile Seizures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

General characteristic of the included studies.

First author	Publication year	Study design	Country/ethnicity	Age group (months)	Solely first FSs	Percentage of males among FS cases	FS cases						Febrile controls		NOS score
							All cases		Simple FS cases		Complex FS cases
							Number	of NLR	Number	of NLR	Number	of NLR	Number	of NLR
Goksugur, S.B.	2014	Cross-sectional	Turkey/Caucasian	6-70	Yes	61%	97	—	58		39		—	—	8
Yazar, A.	2018	Case control	Turkey/Caucasian	Not declared	No	52%	50		39		11		49		7
Yigit, Y.	2017	Cross-sectional	Turkey/Caucasian	6-60	Yes	51%	142	—	91		51		—	—	8
Gaoli, C.	2018	Cross-sectional	Chinese/Asian	6-60	No	50%	100	—	50		50	—	—	—	6
Liu, Z.	2018	Case control	Chinese/Asian	5-72	Yes	69%	249		167		82		249		9
Balikoglu, P.	2019	Cross-sectional	Turkey/Caucasian	6-60	Yes	54%	112	—	89		23		—	—	8
Cokyaman, T.	2020	Case control	Turkey/Caucasian	5-72	No	51%	91		—	—	—	—	116		8
Khosravi, S.	2020	Case control	Iran/Caucasian	6-60	No	69%	100		93		7		100		5
Kubota, J.	2020	Cross-sectional	Japan/Asian	6-60	No	60%	205		139		66		—	—	8
Liu, Z.	2020	Case control	Chinese/Asian	6-72	No	55%	75	—	56		19		—	—	4
Mhaibes, S.	2020	Case control	Iraq/Iraqi	6-60	No	62%	40		—	—	—	—	30		8
Moral, R.	2020	Case control	India/Indian	6-60	Yes	62%	196		—	—	—	—	196		5
Ornek, Z.	2020	Cross-sectional	Turkey/Caucasian	6-60	Yes	57%	133	—	105		28		—	—	8
Pooja, A.	2020	Case control	India/Indian	6-60	No	57%	100		46		84		100		4
Kurniawan, A.	2021	Case control	Indonesia/Asian	6-59	No	69%	52		25	—	27	—	52		6
Meiling, G.	2021	Case control	Chinese/Asian	6-60	No	59%	103		—	—	—	—	109		5
Yoldas, M.	2021	Case control	Turkey/Caucasian	6-60	No	56%	74		74		—	—	78		7