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Chlamydia pneumoniae-Mediated Inflammation in Atherosclerosis: A Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Characteristics of the studies included in the case-control analysis.
| First author | Year | Country | Cases | Number of cases | Number of controls | Study design | Serology assay |
| Mundkur [68] | 2012 | India | CAD | 433 | 433 | Prospective | ELISA | Haider [67] | 2011 | India | CAD | 63 | 40 | Cross-sectional | ELISA | Jha [65] | 2009 | India | CAD | 192 | 192 | Case-control | ELISA | Jafarzadeh [64] | 2008 | Iran | IHD | 62 | 31 | Case-control | ELISA | Videm [63] | 2007 | Norway | CAD | 131 | 103 | Case-control | ELISA | Corrado [59] | 2006 | Italy | A | 456 | 212 | Prospective | ELISA | Kaperonis [61] | 2006 | Greece | PAD | 51 | 30 | Cross-sectional | ELISA | Romano Carratelli [62] | 2006 | Italy | CAD | 60 | 20 | Case-control | MIF | Adiloglu [57] | 2005 | Turkey | A | 88 | 91 | Case-control | ELISA | Lanza [55] | 2004 | Italy | SA, cardiac SX | 104 | 60 | Case-control | MIF |
Linares-Palomino [56] | 2004 | Spain | PAD | 64 | 50 | Case-control | MIF | Biasucci [51] | 2003 | Italy | UA, MI | 259 | 100 | Prospective | MIF | Georges [53] | 2003 | Germany | SA, UA | 991 | 333 | Case-control | MIF | Bloemenkamp [49] | 2002 | Netherlands | PAD | 228 | 643 | Case-control | ELISA | Gattone [46] | 2001 | Italy | MI | 120 | 120 | Case-control | MIF | Anderson [44] | 1998 | USA | CAD, MI | 331 | 323 | Case-control | MIF |
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CAD, coronary artery disease; IHD, ischemic heart disease; A, atherosclerosis; PAD, peripheral artery disease; SA, stable angina; SX, syndrome X; UA, unstable angina; MI, myocardial infarction.
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