Author | Country | Year | Endometriosis type | Endometriosis stage | BDNF source | Age | Sample size (case/control) | Quality |
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de Arellano | Germany | 2013 | Peritoneal endometriotic lesions | NA | Peritoneal fluid | NA | 40 (20/20) | Fair |
Bucci | Italy | 2011 | NA | Stages 1 and 2 | Plasma | case = 28.36 ± 3.9 control = 26.81 ± 4.53 | 22 (11/11) | Fair |
Browne | USA | 2012 | NA | NA | Eutopic endometrial biopsy | case = 34 ± 7 control = 34 ± 6 | 33 (18/15) | Good |
Herranz-Blanco | Spain | 2023 | superficial peritoneal lesions = 54 (39.7%) ovarian endometriomas = 26 (19.1%) deep infiltrating endometriosis = 29 (21.3%) deep infiltrating endometriosis and ovarian endometriomas = 25 (18.4%) Unclassified = 2 (1.5%) | rASRM classification I–II = 68 (50%) III–IV = 68 (50%) | serum samples | case = 35.6 ± 6.42 control = 33.5 ± 5.96 | 204 (136/68) | Fair |
Giannini | Italy | 2010 | NA | stage I and II | plasma and follicular fluid | case = 29.8 ± 4.13 control = 27.7 ± 4.7 | 56 (26/30) | Poor |
Dwiningsih | Indonesia | 2022 | Ovarian endometriosis n = 32 (88.9) Peritoneal endometriosis n = 4 (11.1) | rASRM classification I = 3 (8.3) II = 1 (2.8) III = 11 (30.6) IV = 21 (58.3) | Serum | case = 31.47 ± 6.5 control = 38.14 ± 4.4 | 50 (36/14) | Good |
Ding | People’s Republic of China | 2017 | Ovarian endometrioma | Revised American Fertility Society scoring system I–II = 32 (53.3%) III–IV = 28 (46.7%) | Serum and peritoneal fluid | case = 35.3 ± 0.9 control = 35.6 ± 1.4 | 98 (60/38) | Good |
Yu | USA | 2023 | NA | NA | Peritoneal fluid | Cases = 38.0 ± 6.0 Control = 43.0 ± 4.5 | 40 (14/26) | Good |
Wessels | Canada | 2016 | NA | I: 10 II: 9 III: 10 IV: 64 | Plasma | Cases = 34.7 ± 7.0 Control = 29.9 ± 8.5 | 104 (68/36) | Fair |
Stefani | Brazil | 2019 | NA | NA | serum | NA | 53 (36/17) | Fair |
Perricos | Austria | 2018 | 22 superficial peritoneal 3 deep infiltrating 12 endometrioma 32 combination of two 7 combination of three | I:21 II: 14 III: 20 IV: 20 | serum | Cases = 33.7 ± 6.04 Controls = 34.8 ± 6.9 | 128 (77/51) | Good |
Liang | China | 2020 | NA | NA | serum | NA | 157 (82/75) | Poor |