First author, year | Study date | Country | Group | Patients | Age (years) | BMI (kg/m2) | NOS score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bedient 2009 [8] | 2000–2008 | USA | RALM | 41 | 43.00 ± 12.00 | 24.7 ± 5.0 | 8 |
 |  |  | LM | 40 | 40.90 ± 6.60 | 25.3 ± 5.4 | |
Nezhat 2009 [9] | 2006–2007 | USA | RALM | 15 | 39.00 ± 5.50 | 23 (18–31) | 8 |
 |  |  | LM | 35 | 41.00 ± 6.75 | 24 (19–33) | |
Barakat 2011 [10] | 1995–2009 | USA | RALM | 89 | 37.00 ± 1.75 | 25.15 (22.14–29.44) | 7 |
 |  |  | LM | 93 | 38.00 ± 2.25 | 24.10 (22.00–28.01) | |
Gargiulo 2012 [11] | 200–2009 | USA | RALM | 174 | 38.00 ± 8.75 | 25.1 (18.4–53) | 8 |
 |  |  | LM | 115 | 39.00 ± 7.25 | 25.1 (17.5–54.9) | |
Hsiao 2013 [12] | 2010–2011 | Taiwan | RALM | 20 | 47.00 ± 1.25 | 24.2 (22.9–25.6) | 8 |
 |  |  | LM | 22 | 48.00 ± 1.00 | 23.1 (21.9–25.1) | |
Ahmet 2013 [13] | 2008–2010 | Turkey | RALM | 15 | 34.20 ± 5.65 | 25.64 ± 3.29 | 7 |
 |  |  | LM | 23 | 35.70 ± 6.13 | 27.60 ± 5.18 | |
Gobern 2013 [14] | 2007–2009 | USA | RALM | 66 | 40.00 ± 6.25 | 25 (19–52) | 7 |
 |  |  | LM | 73 | 39.00 ± 8.25 | 27 (19–53) | |
Pluchino 2014 [15] | 1999–2001 | Italy | RALM | 70 | 34.72 ± 5.95 | 22.86 (17–35) | 8 |
 |  |  | LM | 69 | 36.40 ± 7.14 | 23.84 (20.5–28.5) | |
Ngan 2017 [16] | 2008–2012 | USA | RALM | 10,677 | NA | NA | 8 |
 |  |  | LM | 33,088 | NA | NA | |
MacKoul 2018 [17] | 2011–2013 | USA | RALM | 156 | 36.5 ± 5.7 | 28.6 ± .7 | 8 |
 |  |  | LM | 163 | 37.1 ± 7.3 | 27.7 ± 6.5 | |
Takmaz 2018 [18] | 2016–2017 | Turkey | RALM | 31 | 38 ± 5 | 23 ± 4 | 7 |
 |  |  | LM | 33 | 35 ± 5 | 24 ± 4 | |
Chen 2018 [19] | 2012–2016 | Taiwan | RALM | 26 | 41 (39–46) | 23.7 (20.7–26.5) | 8 |
 |  |  | LM | 52 | 47 (44–49) | 25.2 (22.1–28.6) | |
Sheu 2019 [20] | 2014–2017 | Taiwan | RALM | 93 | 39 ± 6.7 | 21.9 ± 2.9 | 7 |
 |  |  | LM | 110 | 39 ± 6.1 | 22.4 ± 3.5 | |
Won 2020 [21] | 2017–2019 | Korea | RALM | 121 | 39.1 ± 5.8 | 22.7 ± 3.0 | 8 |
 |  |  | LM | 144 | 39.3 ± 5.6 | 22.9 ± 4.1 | |
Morales 2022 [22] | 2010–2018 | Mexico | RALM | 24 | 35.23 ± 4.19 | 23.38 ± 1.77 | 7 |
 |  |  | LM | 24 | 37.24 ± 5.65 | 24.62 ± 3.28 |