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Table 2 Characteristics of included studies

From: Should oral anticoagulant therapy be continued during dental extraction? A meta-analysis

Study

Country

No.(T/C)a

Design

Anticoagulants

Average age (mean ± SD or mean (range))

Borea (1993) [21]

Italy

30(15/15)

RCT

NRb

T: 62.7 ± 6.1 C: 61.1 ± 10

Gaspar (1997) [23]

Israel

47(32/15)

CCT

Vitamin K inhibitor

T: 61.1(34–85) C: 53.4(35–72)

Devani (1998) [7]

UK

65(33/32)

CCT

Warfarin

T: 62.3(30–82) C: 61.3(32–81)

Evans (2002) [16]

UK

109(57/52)

RCT

Warfarin

T: 67(36–92) C: 66 (30–93)

Al-Mubarak (2007) [4]

Saudi Arabia

214(110/114)

RCT

Warfarin

T: 51.7 ± 14.7 53.1 ± 13.7

 

C: 52.3 ± 14.3 48.7 ± 13.1

Duan XQ (2010) [22]

China

116(67/49)

RCT

warfarin

T: 59.5 ± 12.6 C: 61.5 ± 11.3

  1. aTtreatment group, continue oral anticoagulant therapy group, C control group, discontinue oral anticoagulant therapy group
  2. bNRnot report