Changes of Regulatory T Cells and of Proinflammatory and Immunosuppressive Cytokines in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 7

Characteristics of studies about IL-17 (pg/mL) included in this meta-analysis.

Author	Year	Country	Case				Control				NOS score
			SZ	M/F	Mean	SD	SZ	M/F	Mean	SD
Pernet Hara [105]	2016	Brazil	15	0/15	6.98	1.11	10	0/10	16.2	4.39	8
Suzuki [106]	2011	Japan	56	25/31	147.39	113.83	30	2/28	154.52	117.99	7
Afzal [107]	2014	Pakistan	30	5/25	415.01	483.4	30	21/9	718.05	756.55	7
Afzal [107]	2014	Pakistan	152	51/101	375.95	468.19	30	21/9	718.05	756.55	7
Arababadi [108]	2010	Iran	100	41/59	13.7	2.34	100	40/60	4.43	0.54	8
Arababadi [108]	2010	Iran	100	38/62	0.94	0.29	100	40/60	4.43	0.54	8
Liu [109]	2016	China	19	10/9	21.4	5.9	20	8/12	17.3	6.2	7
Roohi [110]	2014	India	38	19/19	6.61	4.97	40	22/18	6.22	4.64	8
Zhan [111]	2015	China	30	14/16	42.24	67.7	30	14/16	9.33	8.15	8
Kologrivova [112]	2014	Russia	35	17/18	100.83	42.7	24	NR	45.29	54.85	7
Bilir [113]	2016	Turkey	33	15/18	466.1	183.075	33	15/18	205.2	67.725	6
Bilir [113]	2016	Turkey	37	17/20	454.9	189.825	33	15/18	205.2	67.725	6
Vasanthakumar [114]	2015	India	65	38/27	59.8	2.8	88	35/53	94.7	12.75	6
Vasanthakumar [114]	2015	India	97	57/40	67.4	2.275	88	35/53	94.7	12.75	6

DM: diabetes mellitus; SZ: sample size; M/F: man/female; SD: standard deviation; NR: not reported. T2DM with complication; data converted from median (interquartile); data converted from median (range); data converted from geometrical mean (range).