Table 2 Characteristics of 13 studies applying leukocyte esterase (LE) strip for meta-analysis
Study, year | Country | Participants (M/F) | Median age (range, years) | Standard reference | Study design | Assay platform | Cutoff value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parvizi et al. 2011& | USA | UA (108) | UA | Own institute# | P | Chemstrip 7 urine test strip (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, Indiana) | ++ (+)* |
Tischler et al. 2014 | USA | 90/99 | 63 (22–90) | MSIS | P | UA | ++ (+)* |
Deirmengian et al. 2014ζ | USA | 28/18 | 63/67 | MSIS | R | Chemstrip 7 urine test strip (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN) | ++/+ |
Guenther et al. 2014& | Germany | UA (353) | 67 (56–78) | MSIS | P | Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany | ++/+ |
Colvin et al. 2015& | USA | 27/30 | 69.1 (31–91) | AAOS | P | Chemstrip 7 urine test strips (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN) | ++ |
Tischler et al. 2016 | USA | 30/31 | 64.1 (45–80) | MSIS | P | UA | ++ |
De Vecchi et al. 2016 | Italy | UA (129) | 64 (17–88) | MSIS | P | Dirui Industrial Co Ltd., China | ++/+ |
Ruangsomboon et al. 2017 | Thailand | 11/35 | 69 (61–77) | ICM criteria | R | Chemstrip 10 urine test strip; Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, Indiana | ++ |
Koh et al. 2017 | Korea | 13/47 | 71 (50–85) | MSIS | P | AUTION ELEVEN, ARKRAY, Kyoto, Japan; Clinitek 500, Siemens, Munich, Germany; and Urisys 2400, Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany | ++ |
Li et al. 2017 | China | 27/36 | 57.2 (22–80) | MSIS | P | Comber 10 Test M Roche (Germany) | ++ |
Wang et al. 2017 | China | UA | 63 (51–75) | MSIS | R | Combur10 TestM Roche, Germany; AUTION Sticks, Arkray, Kyoto, Japan | ++ |
Li et al. 2018 | China | 81/117 | 62 (48–76) | MSIS | P | AUTION Sticks, Arkray, Kyoto, Japan | ++/+ |