Research Article
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Type 2 Infection Increases Atherosclerosis Risk: Evidence Based on a Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Characteristics of literatures included in the meta-analysis concerning HSV-1.
| First author | Year | Country | Region | Disease type | Test method | Male proportion | Age | Sample size | Case size | Control size | HSV-1 (+) | HSV-1 (−) | HSV-1 (+) | HSV-1 (−) |
| Jafarzadeh [24] | 2011 | Iran | Asian | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 59% | 54 | 180 | 73 | 47 | 20 | 40 | Heltai [25] | 2004 | Hungary | European | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | — | — | 129 | 59 | 24 | 32 | 14 | Vahdat [26] | 2007 | Iran | Asian | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 49% | — | 1754 | 198 | 24 | 1327 | 205 | Mundkur [17] | 2012 | UK | European | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 68% | 53 | 866 | 240 | 193 | 214 | 219 | Prasad [27] | 2002 | America | American | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 61% | 56 | 375 | 211 | 35 | 102 | 27 | Georges [28] | 2003 | Germany | European | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 73% | 62 | 1324 | 922 | 69 | 280 | 53 | Lindberg [29] | 1997 | Sweden | European | Carotid artery disease | SPRIA | — | — | 534 | 198 | 69 | 190 | 77 | Siscovick [13] | 2000 | America | American | Myocardial ischemia | WB | 63% | 74 | 618 | 191 | 22 | 333 | 72 | Guan [15] | 2012 | China | Asian | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 62% | 56 | 252 | 71 | 31 | 60 | 90 | Zhu [30] | 2000 | America | American | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 63% | 57 | 233 | 133 | 25 | 59 | 16 | Kis [14] | 2007 | Hungary | European | Stroke | ELISA | 58% | 52 | 111 | 24 | 35 | 8 | 44 | Adam [31] | 1987 | America | American | Mixed AS lesions | SPRIA | 100% | 58 | 226 | 75 | 38 | 69 | 44 | Sorlie [16] | 2000 | America | American | Myocardial ischemia | SPRIA | 52% | 55 | 726 | 166 | 55 | 379 | 126 | Al-Ghamdi [6] | 2012 | Saudi Arabia | Asian | Mixed AS lesions | ELISA | 64% | 56 | 90 | 72 | 3 | 14 | 1 | Pan [32] | 2005 | China | Asian | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 48% | 62 | 127 | 46 | 16 | 22 | 43 | Pan [33] | 1999 | China | Asian | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 70% | — | 60 | 24 | 6 | 22 | 8 | Liu [34] | 2004 | China | Asian | Myocardial ischemia | ELISA | 73% | 67 | 124 | 72 | 21 | 19 | 12 |
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HSV-1: herpes simplex virus type 1; ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; SPRIA: solid-phase radioimmunoassay; WB: western blot; AS: atherosclerosis.
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