Comparison of Cryotherapy and Topical Salicylic Acid in Common Warts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the included studies.

Study	Year	Size of warts (cm in diameter)	No. of warts	No. of people		Mean age		Gender (male/female)
				Cryotherapy	Salicylic acid	Cryotherapy	Salicylic acid	Cryotherapy	Salicylic acid
Bunney	1976	—	—	99	95	—	—	—	—
Steele	1988	0.3–0.9	5	66	60	—	—	—	—
Bruggink	2010	<1	<6, ≥6	80	84	—	—	35/45	30/54
Cockayne	2011	—	3.7	117	123	30.1	30.2	30/84	50/73
Rosniza	2017	>1, 0.5–1, <0.5	3.63	39	41	37.87	34.44	17/22	18/23
Muhamad	2018	—	—	35	35	22.54 ± 8.729	26.91 ± 11.44	15/20	15/20
Qamar	2018	<1, 1–1.5	2.48 ± 1.35	51	51	24.63 ± 5.30	25.80 ± 6.69	—	—