Prevalence and Associated Factor of Brown Adipose Tissue: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies and prevalence of brown adipose tissue.

ID	Author	Year	Country	Population	Sample size	Sampling technique	Study design	Method of detection	Prevalence
1	Perkins	2012	UK	Hospital based	386	Consecutive	Cross-sectional	18F-FDG PET-CT scan	9.85%
2	Verongue	2010	Canada	Hospital based	4842	Consecutive	Cross-sectional	18F-FDG PET-CT scan	6.8%
3	PaulL et al.	2010	Australia	Hospital based	2934	Consecutive	Cross-sectional	18F-FDG PET-CT scan	8.5%
4	Sergios G	2016	Germany	Hospital based	102	Consecutive	Cross-sectional	18F-FDG PET-CT scan	8.8%
5	Cohade et al.	2003	USA	Hospital based	905	Consecutive	Cross-sectional	18F-FDG PET-CT scan	6.85%
6	Cypess et al.	2009	USA	Hospital based	1972	Consecutive	Cross-sectional	18F-FDG PET-CT scan	5.38%
7	Paul L	2010	Australia	Hospital based	17	Consecutive	Cross-sectional	18F-FDG PET-CT scan	17.6%
8	AuYong IT et al.	2009	UK	Hospital based	724	Consecutive	Cross-sectional	18F-FDG PET-CT scan	7.2%