Research Article

Association of Serum Lipocalin-2 Concentrations with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: An Updated Meta-Analysis

Table 1

The main features of included studies.

AuthorYearRegionCountryEthnicityDiseaseMethod for determining lipocalin-2CaseControlCharacteristic
of controls
NOS
score
Mean (ng/ml)SDMean (ng/ml)SD

Ataseven et al. [13]2014EuropeTurkeyCaucasianPsoriasisELISA kit (BioVendor R&D Laboratorni Medicina a.s., Karasek, Czech Republic)562.540.46332.070.39Healthy7
Gul et al. [20]2015EuropeTurkeyCaucasianPsoriasisELISA kit (BOSTER trademark, catalogue number: EK0853)305.731.08304.622.18Healthy6
Romani et al. [15]2013EuropeSpainCaucasianPsoriasisELISA kit (BioVendor R&D Laboratory Medicine Inc., Palackeho, Czech Republic)5050.3414.425040.4014.32NA6
Baran et al. [7]2017EuropePolandCaucasianPsoriasisELISA kit (Quantikine, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA)37Median (86.00)IQR (35.00-136.00)15Median (38.00)IQR (28.00-61.00)Healthy6
EI-Hadidi et al. [23]2014Middle EastEgyptCaucasianPsoriasisELISA kit (Quantikine, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA)3054.0340.403041.0627.57Healthy7
Aizawa et al. [11]2019AsiaJapanAsianPsoriasisELISA kit (Quantikine, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA)5980.0851.304759.0720.18Healthy7
Kamata et al. [12]2012AsiaJapanAsianPsoriasisELISA kit (Quantikine, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA)3741.1014.901730.708.10Healthy6
Colak et al. [8]2019EuropeTurkeyCaucasianPsAELISA kit (double antibody sandwich ELISA method) test kit (Elabscience Biotech Co. Ltd.)505.202.67361.942.09Healthy7