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Table 2 Study characteristics with year, country, number of patients, number of total knee arthroplasties (TKAs), mean age (range or SD), and proportion of females (%)

From: The effect of Nickel hypersensitivity on the outcome of total knee arthroplasty and the value of skin patch testing: a systematic review

Author

Year

Country

No. patients

No. TKAs

Mean age (range or SD)

Proportion of females

Atanaskova Mesinkovska et al. [24]

2012

USA

72

31

57 (14–81)

64%

Carlsson and Möller [25]

1989

Sweden

18

3

NR

NR

Carossino et al. [28]

2016

Italy

39

30

NR

NR

Desai et al. [29]

2019

India

233

233

60 (30–78)

64%

Frigerio et al. [30]

2011

Italy

100

52

68 (51–84)

73%

Granchi et al. [7]

2008

Italy

94

74

68 (± 8.0)

71%

Guenther et al. [31]

2016

Germany

17

14

58 (± 9.8)

100%

Innocenti et al. [32]

2014

Italy

24

25

73 (54–86)

71%

Kitagawa et al. [26]

2013

Japan

48

48

NR (64–89)

88%

Kręcisz et al. [27]

2012

Poland

60

21

62 (NR)

72%

Lützner et al. [42]

2013

Germany

120

120

67 (± 8.7)

56%

Sasseville et al. [33]

2021

USA

39

45

63 (± 9.7)

41%

Tam et al. [34]

2020

USA

127

39

55 (11–90)

74%

Thomas et al. [35]

2015

Germany

45

37

65 (37–75)

58%

Thomas et al. [36]

2015

Germany

250

189

65 (37–84)

66%

Thomas et al. [37]

2013

Germany

368

234

65 (18–96)

67%

Treudler and Simon [38]

2007

Germany

13

13

63 (42–94)

69%

Verma et al. [39]

2006

India

15

15

65 (65–80)

87%

Webley et al. [40]

1978

UK

83

83

65 (44–76)

77%

Zeng et al. [41]

2014

China

96

48

53 (± 15.4)

59%

  1. Notes. SD Standard deviation