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Table 1 Characteristics of the seven studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Meta-analysis identifies common gut microbiota associated with multiple sclerosis

First author

PMID

Country, state or city

DNA extraction kit

16S rRNA gene region

Sequencing platform

Age (years, mean ± SD

Number of male to female

BMI (mean ± SD

Number of analyzed subjects

Sum

Control

MS

Control

MS

Control

MS

Control

MS

Chen

27346372

USA, Minnesota

MoBio

V3-V5

Illumina

40.3 ± 7.3

42.9 ± 10.6

14:22

10:21

27.8 ± 4.7

28 ± 6.3

36

31

67

Cekanaviciute

28893978

USA, California

MoBio

V4

Illumina

46.0 ± 13.7

40.9 ± 12.2

28:25

21:39

NA

NA

57

60

117

Cantoni

35094961

USA, Missouri

MoBio

V1-V3

Illumina

38.9 ± 7.3

41.8 ± 9.3

4:21

3:22

26.9 ± 6.3

27.1 ± 7.4

25

25

50

Ni Choileain

32743517

USA, Connecticut

MoBio

V4

Illumina

45.0 ± 12.0

42.0 ± 13.0

12:27

4:22

27.0 ± 5.0

29 \(.0\) ± 7.0

39

26

65

Jangi

27352007

USA, Massachusetts

MoBio

V4

Illumina

42.2 ± 9.6

49.7 ± 8.5

7:37

19:42

26.4 ± 6.3

27.2 ± 4.7

44

61

105

Miyake

26367776

Japan, Tokyo

In_house

V1-V2

454

NA

36.0 ±7.4

NA

6:14

NA

NA

32

20

52

Zeng

31108132

China, Guangdong

QIAamp

V3-V4

Illumina

29.0 ± 10.7

35.2 ± 9.0

13:21

13:21

21.7 ± 2.8

21.1 ± 2.9

34

34

68

Total number of subjects:

267

257

524

  1. NA, data is missing