Meta-Analysis of the Changes of Peripheral Blood T Cell Subsets in Patients with Brucellosis

Table 1

Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis.

Year	Author(s)	Region	Treatment status	Study design	Number		Sex (M/F)		NOS scale
					Patient	Control	Patient	Control
2015	Gao et al. [15]	China	No report	Case-control design	142	45	89/53	27/18	7
2016	Gu et al. [16]	China	No report	Case-control design	50	50	42/8	38/12	7
2010	Manuel et al. [17]	Spain	All patients were treated	Case-control and cohort design	24	24	17/7	18/6	8
2006	Panagiotis et al. [18]	Greece	No report	Case-control design	35	15	28/7	11/4	7
2005	Celik et al. [19]	Turkey	All patients were treated	Case-control and cohort design	43	20	19/24	11/9	8
1996	Pourfathollah et al. [20]	Iran	No report	Case-control design	56	26	—	15/11	6
1996	Zapata et al. [21]	Spain	All patients were treated	Case-control and cohort design	21	21	19/2	—	6
2005	Akbulut et al. [22]	Turkey	No report	Case-control design	25	11	16/9	7/4	7