Details of individual patient data included in this meta-analysis
| Data set ID | Country | Study design | Number of participants (n) | Age (year) | BMI (kg/m2) | WC (cm) | M/F | Recruitment interval | Hardware used | Probe used |
| Agrawal et al49 | UK | MC, P, CS | 25 | 47.8 (19–70) | 27.7 (15.8–35.7) | 95.4 (39–120) | 18/7 | 2009–2012 | – | M |
| Aykut et al50 | Turkey | SC, P, CS | 88 | 46.0 (24–62) | 30.3 (18.3–41.8) | 101.5 (70–143) | 50/38 | – | FibroScan 502 Touch | M |
| Boursier et al51–53 | France | MC, P, CS | 1063 | 56.1 (18–83) | 31.6 (16.7–55.5) | 108.3 (58–174) | 613/450 | – | – | M or XL |
| Cassinotto et al 54 | France | SC, P, CS | 61 | 55.9 (22–81) | 30.1 (16.7–46.6) | 103.6 (72–125) | 40/21 | 2010–2012 | – | M and XL |
| Cassinotto et al 55 | France | MC, P, CS | 286 | 56.6 (18–80) | 32.2 (20.3–57.4) | 109.8 (68–168) | 171/115 | 2011–2015 | – | M and XL |
| Chan et al56 | Malaysia | SC, P, CS | 146 | 50.4 (18–73) | 29.4 (6.9–41.2) | 98.3 (79–127) | 80/66 | 2012–2013 | FibroScan 502 Touch | M |
| Chan et al57 | Malaysia, Hong Kong | MC, P, CC | 153 | 54.0 (24–76) | 29.9 (20.1–44.8) | 98.4 (69–141) | 68/85 | – | FibroScan 502 Touch | M and XL |
| Eddowes et al31 58 | UK | MC, P, CS | 358 | 53.3 (19–77) | 34.2 (19.5–53.2) | 117.2 (65–158) | 206/152 | – | – | M or XL |
| Eddowes et al59 | UK | MC, P, CS | 50 | 50.2 (18–73) | 33.6 (23.6–47.8) | 109.4 (89–132) | 28/22 | 2014–2015 | – | M or XL |
| Gaia et al60 | Italy | SC, P, CS | 68 | 46.8 (28–65) | 28.0 (21.2–40.2) | – | 48/20 | 2007–2009 | – | M |
| Garg et al61 | India | SC, P, CS | 76 | 38.2 (20–65) | 45.2 (32.3–73.8) | – | 16/60 | 2014–2016 | FibroScan 502 Touch | XL |
| Karlas et al62 | Germany | SC, P, CS | 41 | 45.7 (28–64) | 47.7 (33.7–60.1) | – | 13/28 | – | FibroScan 502 | XL |
| Labenz et al63 | Germany | SC, P, CS | 126 | 47.4 (20–73) | 31.6 (23.2–50.4) | – | 72/54 | – | FibroScan 402 | M or XL |
| Lee et al64 | Korea | SC, P, CS | 94 | 55.5 (19–82) | 27.2 (19.1–36.3) | – | 41/53 | 2014–2015 | – | M or XL |
| Lupsor et al65 | Romania | SC, P, CS | 72 | 42.4 (20–69) | 29.7 (21.0–41.5) | 102.4 (60–124) | 51/21 | 2007–2009 | – | M |
| Mahadeva et al66 | Malaysia | SC, P, CS | 131 | 49.9 (23–73) | 28.7 (18.6–43.1) | 93.5 (43–128) | 66/65 | 2009–2010 | – | M |
| Okajima et al67 | Japan | SC, P, CS | 173 | 56.3 (18–81) | 27.2 (16.5–40.3) | – | 84/89 | 2013–2015 | – | M |
| Ooi et al68 | Australia | MC, P, CS | 82 | 44.5 (18–67) | 46.2 (29.1–74.0) | 136.5 (101–192) | 23/59 | 2015–2016 | – | M or XL |
| Pavlides et al69 | UK | SC, P, CS | 70 | 53.5 (25–77) | 34.5 (23.0–57.3) | 112.5 (80–149) | 42/28 | 2011–2015 | – | M or XL |
| Petta et al70 71 | Italy | MC, P&R, CS | 234 | 45.5 (15–78) | 28.2 (15.7–40.7) | 99.4 (69–126) | 169/65 | 2008–2013 | – | M |
| Petta et al28 | France, Hong Kong, Italy | MC, P, CS | 260 | 54.6 (15–87) | 29.4 (16.5–46.6) | 100.9 (74–148) | 122/138 | – | – | M |
| Petta et al72 | Italy | MC, P, CS | 474 | 45.5 (19–77) | 29.2 (15.2–49.5) | 99.6 (47–164) | 275/199 | – | – | M |
| Seki et al73 | Japan | SC, P, CS | 181 | 57.7 (16–82) | 27.1 (16.9–38.1) | 95.1 (71–117) | 91/90 | 2013–2015 | – | M |
| Shen et al74 | China | MC, P, CS | 101 | 59.0 (16–67) | 27.0 (20.1–37.3) | 92.9 (75–120) | 74/27 | 2012–2014 | FibroScan 502 | M |
| Staufer75 | Austria | MC, P, CS | 186 | 49.6 (19–83) | 32.5 (19.0–56.9) | – | 106/80 | 2011–2016 | FibroScan 502 Touch | M or XL |
| Wong et al76–79 | Hong Kong, France | MC, P, CS | 464 | 53.8 (20–83) | 30.5 (17.3–48.0) | 102.0 (71–148) | 201/263 | 2009–2017 | – | M and XL |
| Wong et al20 | Hong Kong, France | MC, P, CS | 273 | 51.6 (21–77) | 28.8 (16.5–54.0) | 96.2 (65–144) | 147/126 | 2003–2009 | – | M |
| Yoneda et al80 | Japan | MC, P, CS | 97 | 52.1 (19–76) | 26.5 (17.9–38.5) | – | 41/56 | <2008 | – | M |
| Younes et al81 | Italy | MC, P, CS | 289 | 44.8 (15–78) | 28.8 (17.5–41.7) | 98.9 (47–128) | 199/90 | – | – | M |
| Ziol et al82 | France | SC, P, CS | 13 | 49.3 (39–60) | 29.4 (23.8–34.6) | – | 10/3 | 2003–2005 | – | – |
–, Data not available; BMI, body mass index; CC, case-control; CS, cross-sectional; F, females; M, males; MC, multicentre; P, prospective; R, retrospective; SC, single-centre; WC, waist circumference.