“…Sriuttha et al 11 18 RCT (45,705 participants) Nderitu et al 12 7 studies: 5 CO, 1 CC, 1 CS Zhang et al 13 15 studies: 10 studies with general population (n = 1,609,136): 5 nCC, 5 CC 5 studies with chronic renal failure patients (n = 106,681), CC Asghar et al 14 19 studies: 12 CC, 4 CO, 3 RCT Yaxley et al 15 , 9 studies: 5 CO, 4 CC (12,418 participants and 23,877 controls) Villa et al 16 19 studies Ungprasert et al 17 7 studies: 4 CC, 3 CO (7,543,805 participants) Liu et al 18 5 studies: 3 CC, 2 CO Seshasai et al 19 9 RCT (over 100,000 participants) Whitlock et al 20 7 studies: 6 CO, 1 RCT Boulakh et al 21 14 studies: 2 dbRT, 10 CO, 2 CC Ungprasert et al 22 6 studies: 3 CC, 3 CO García Rodríguez et al 23 4 CO, 2 nCC Salvo et al 24 29 MA Scott et al 25 21 studies: 5 CC, 2 CO, 12 RCT Varas-Lorenzo et al 26 25 studies: 8 CO, 14 nCC, 3 CC McGettigan et al 27 51 studies: 30 CC (184,946 cardiovascular events) 21 CO (2.7×10 6 exposed individuals). Mackenzie et al 28 17 RCT Major et al 29 3 clinical trials (4,468 participants and 16,740 person-years of follow-up) Luni et al 30 6 studies: 1 CO, 5 CC Lee et al 31 4 RCT Bem et al 32 28 controlled studies RCT: randomized clinical trial; CO: cohort; CC: case-control; CS: cross-sectional; nCC: nested case-control in a cohort; dbRT: randomized double-blind trial; MA: meta-analysis.…”