Author | Publication year | Study location | Sample size | Included risk factors | NOS scores |
Liu et al6 | 2017 | Multicentre | 1128 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 8 |
Xu et al13 | 2017 | Shanghai | 162 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8) (9), (10), (11), (14) | 7 |
Shang et al14 | 2017 | Beijing | 124 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 6 |
Wu et al15 | 2017 | Hebei | 87 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11) | 6 |
Li16 | 2017 | Hunan | 69 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 6 |
Wang et al17 | 2016 | Jiangsu | 294 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 6 |
Li18 | 2016 | Hebei | 176 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), (12), (14) | 8 |
Chen et al19 | 2016 | Zhejiang | 122 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 8 |
Li et al20 | 2015 | Hubei | 60 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 6 |
Xu et al21 | 2015 | Jiangsu | 55 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 7 |
Zhao et al22 | 2015 | Guangdong | 36 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 7 |
Shen et al23 | 2013 | Shanghai | 103 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), (11), (12), (13) | 6 |
You24 | 2013 | Chongqing | 65 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 8 |
Su et al25 | 2013 | Zhejiang | 44 | (1), (2), (3), (4), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14) | 6 |
Included risk factors: (1) age, (2) gender, (3) hypertension, (4) diabetes, (5) hyperlipaemia, (6) atrial fibrillation, (7) previous stroke, (8) smoking, (9) previous antiplatelet treatment, (10) onset to needle time, (11) National Institute of Health stroke scale, (12) systolic pressure, (13) diastolic pressure, (14) serum glucose.
NOS, Newcastle-Ottawa scale.