Table 1 Study characteristics of previous systematic reviews
Reference # | Author | Publication year | Study design/population | Cases of SCIWORA | Sex | Mean age (years) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Male | Female | NA | |||||
Boese and Lechler (2013) | Boese and Lechler | 2013 | Systematic review/adult | w/o MRI: 261; w/ MRI: 1132 | w/o MRI: 125; w/ MRI: 845 | w/o MRI: 13; w/ MRI: 187 | w/o MRI: 123; w/ MRI: 100 | NA |
Carroll et al. (2015) | Carroll et al | 2015 | Systematic review/pediatric | 433 | 252 | 116 | 65 | 10.03 |
Boese et al. (2015) | Boese et al | 2015 | Systematic review/pediatric | 114 | 76 | 37 | 1 | 7.77 |