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Table 2 Distribution of underlying diseases, place of study, and quality of studies

From: Association of Tramadol Versus Codeine Prescriptions with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular diseases among patients with osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of propensity score-matched population-based cohort studies

Author

Diabetes (%)

Mean follow-up (years)

Country

Quality of studies

Zeng et al. [17]

16.1%

6.7

USA

Good

Wei et al. [19]

14.5%

0.49

USA

Good

Li et al. [18]

NA

0.98

British/Columbia/Canada

Good

Xie et al. [15]

9.7%

0.96

Spain

Good

Sørensen et al. [23]

13.1%

NA

Denmark

Good

Gau et al. [22]

11.5%

0.38

Taiwan

Good

Li et al. [16]

30.1%

0.99

British Columbia, Canada

Good