Review Article

Association between Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor Levels and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

The characteristic of studies (n = 14).

AuthorCountryStudy designYearAge (yrs)MaleNumber of populationNOS/AHRQStage of CKDPathogeny

Pawlak et al. [23]PolandCross-sectional200758.5 ± 12.33864751, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11
Pawlak et al. [24]PolandCross-sectional201053.3 ± 15.34370651, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11
Pawlak et al. [25]PolandCross-sectional201254.5 ± 14.3356071–51, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11
Bock et al. [26]AmericaCross-sectional201312.1 ± 5.0439910NA1, 10, 11
Hayek et al. [12]AmericaCohort201563 ± 12240436838NANA
Meijers et al. [13]BelgiumCohort201561 ± 5.826047671–4NA
Drechsler et al. [14]GermanyCohort201766 ± 86351175656
Schaefer et al. [27]EuropeanCohort201711.9 ± 3.55608987NA1, 10, 11
Kaminski et al. [28]PolandCross-sectional201852.9 ± 15.7266571–5NA
Luo et al. [29]AmericaCohort201855 ± 115829556NANA
Lv et al. [30]ChinaCohort201848.2 ± 13.81402239173–41, 6, 11
Wlazel et al. [31]PolandCohort201866.7 ± 13426474–52, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
Wu et al. [32]ChinaCohort201852.0 ± 14.3539974–51, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
Rotbain curovic et al. [33]DenmarkCohort201956 ± 121786677NA6

1, chronic glomerulonephritis; 2, interstitial nephritis; 3, polycystic kidney disease; 4, secondary amyloidosis; 5, hypertensive nephropathy; 6, diabetes mellitus; 7, obstructive nephropathy; 8, ischemic nephropathy; 9, renal tumor; 10, nonglomerular diseases; 11, other renal disease; NA : not applicable.