Prevalence of Stroke in Asian Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Study characteristic table.

Author	Year	Nation	Study design	No. of participants	Mean age (years)	Male	Female
Gujjar et al. [11]	2013	Oman	Cross-sectional	59	13.9 ± 9.5	30	29
Acipayam et al. [12]	2015	Turkey	Cross-sectional	20	21.4 ± 15	8	12
Adekile et al. [13]	2019	Kuwait	Cross-sectional	396	19.2 ± 15.6	206	190
Akar and Adekile [14]	2008	Kuwait	Cross-sectional	50	8.7 ± 2.8	30	20
Al-Ghazaly et al. [15]	2013	Yemen	Cross-sectional	252	12.8 + −9.5	136	105
Al-Saqladi et al. [16]	2007	Yemen	Cross-sectional	102	7.2	56	46
Hanafy et al. [17]	2018	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	237	7.87 ± 3.96	134	103
Inati et al. [18]	2007	Lebanon	Cross-sectional	387	17.9	213	174
Alsultan et al. [19]	2012	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	159	17.8 ± 11.9	77	82
Alsultan et al. [20]	2017	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	376	20	196	180
Alsultan et al. [21]	2014	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	104	38.0 ± 13.3	47	57
Alsultan et al. [22]	2018	Saudi Arabia	Cross-sectional	22	28 + 10.8	8	14
Al-Saqladi et al. [23]	2020	Yemen	Cross-sectional	217	6.9 ± 4.6	103	66
Celik et al. [24]	2015	Turkey	Cross-sectional	238	11.18 ± 4.35	120	118
Rafique et al. [25]	2015	Pakistan	Cross-sectional	175	N/A	85	90
Haq et al. [26]	2019	Pakistan	Cross-sectional	105	5.90 + 3.96	54	51
Inati et al. [27]	2019	Lebanon	Cross-sectional	335	2.9 + −4.5	N/A	N/A
Helvaci et al. [28]	2013	Turkey	Cross-sectional	269	N/A	132	137
Nimgaonkar et al. [29]	2014	India	Cross-sectional	137	14	N/A	N/A
Jain et al. [30]	2010	India	Cross-sectional	316	3.84	194	122

N/A = not available.