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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies: androgenic alopecia and TGCT risk

From: Association between male pattern baldness and testicular germ cell tumor: a meta-analysis

Study

Country

Year

Type of study

Sample

Association with TGCT, OR[95%]

Cases

Controls

Any baldness

Lee

Korea

2018

case-control

188

668,614

0.87[0.59,1.31]

Moirano

USA

2016

case-control

253

455

0.64[0.45,0.91]

Trabert

USA

2011

case-control

187

148

0.50[0.32,0.77]

Farzana

Italy

2002

case-control

159

136

0.51[0.32,0.82]

Petridou

Greece

1997

case-control

97

198

0.45[0.26,0.77]

  1. In this table, Abbreviation: TGCT Testicular germ cell tumor, OR Odd rate, All the literature studies are case-control studies, and each study has corresponding OR values and confidence intervals. Lee’s study has the largest population and the largest OR values