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Table 1 Characteristics of the include articles and their study participants’

From: The effect of women’s body mass index on pelvic organ prolapse: a systematic review and meta analysis

Code

Authors

Year

Setting

Design

N

Study population

Measurement

1

Asresie et al

2016

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

CC

370

Gynecologic patients (age > 18 years)

Stage 3 + Vs free (OM)

2

Elbiss et al

2015

United Arab Emirates

CC

429

All 30 + aged non-pregnant parous

Symptomatic (SM)

3

Henok A

2017

Southwest Ethiopia

CC

422

All > 15 years worked on firewood sales

Symptomatic (SM)

4

Masenga et al

2018

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

CC

1047

Non-pregnant 18–90 year-age women

Stage 2 + Vs 0–1 (OM)

5

Kudish et al

2009

WSU, USA

RCT

16,608

Postmenopausal women with uteri aged 50 to 79

Stage l + (OM)

6

Tegerstedt et al

2005

Stockholm, Sweden

CC

859

All aged ≥ 15 years women

Symptomatic (SM)

7

Miedel et al

2009

Stockholm, Sweden

CC

859

All aged ≥ 15 years women

Symptomatic (SM)

8w

Kudish et al

2011

Washington DC, USA

RCT

11,185

Only white people

Stage ≥ II (OM)

8b

Kudish et al

2011

Washington DC, USA

RCT

800

Only black people

Stage ≥ II (OM)

8h

Kudish et al

2011

Washington DC, USA

RCT

665

Only Hipanic people

Stage ≥ II (OM)

9O

Whitecomb et al

2009

Kaiser, USA

CC

1137

Middle-aged and older women

Stage ≥ II (OM)

9S

Whitecomb et al

2009

Kaiser, USA

CC

2270

Middle-aged and older women

Symptomatic (SM)

9Oh

Whitecomb et al

2009

Kaiser, USA

CC

1137

Middle-aged and older women

≥ 0 cm (hymen and beyond)

10

Rortveit et al

2007

Northern California, USA

CS

2001

Age 40–69 and members of the KPMCPNC

Symptomatic (SM)

11

Dolan et al

2010

UK

Cohort

1782

Women who gave birth to their first child

Symptomatic (SM)

l2S

Glazener et al

2012

UK and New Zealand

Cohort

3763

Women gave birth 12 years back

Symptomatic (SM)

12OJ

Glazener et al

2012

UK and New Zealand

Cohort

762

Women gave birth 12 years back

≥ 0 cm (hymen and beyond)

13

Bohlin et al

2017

Sweden

Cohort

7209

Women at 1 year after primary POP surgery

Symptomatic (SM)

14

Devkota et al

2019

Kaski district, Nepal

CC

492

Non-pregnant 18–60 aged, with no hysterectomy

Stage ≥ I