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... among trials was estimated by the I 2 statistic, where an I 2 value greater than 50% was considered sub- stantially ...univariate meta- regression analyses helped to assess whether the ... See full document

... of type 2 diabetes mellitus was in ...current meta-analysis is to compare whether acarbose combined with in- sulin is superior than insulin alone in the treatment of type ... See full document

... this meta-analysis should be mentioned here: i) most of the included RCTs were conducted in China, which possibly limited the generalizability of our conclu- sion; ii) all of the included studies recruited ... See full document

... levels of acute-phase reactants [40, 41] is similar to that in isolated dyslipidaemia and hypertension [39, 42]. Epi- demiological, cellular, and molecular data support T2DM as a state of amplified inflammation [43, 44]; ... See full document

... Table 2, there were significant heterogene- ities among studies in SBP (I 2 = 86%, P < ...(I 2 = 87%, P < 0.00001), PPBS (I 2 = 81%, P < ...(I 2 = 79%, P < 0.0001), HDL (I ... See full document

... In the literature, vitamin D is related to gene expres- sion control which may trigger a biological response to oxidative stress, such as inhibiting nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) or increasing glutatione levels [66]. The ... See full document

... This meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of saxagliptin and met- formin as initial combination therapy in patients with type 2 ...A meta-analysis was ... See full document

... of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) on the Cochrane Library, PubMed (from 1966), and Google ...independently. Randomized controlled trials (with a control group or randomized ... See full document

... In recent years, more and more research has focused on the Tai Chi training style, posture, frequency and duration. Studies have shown that Tai Chi might affect diabetic pa- tients by improving the motor nerve conduction ... See full document

... current meta-analysis ...current meta-analysis ...(2) use of menopausal hormone therapy [12,17], (3) gender [19], (4) BMD and bodyweight [18], (5) postural stability, baseline ... See full document

... against type 2 diabetes ...clinical trials [12]. Prior meta-analyses had established the safety and effi- cacy of SGLT2 inhibitors as a group ...published randomized clinical ... See full document

... this meta-analysis was to assess the safety of denosumab in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or low bone mineral density ...overall analysis revealed that there was no significant difference ... See full document

... in meta-analysis, they are considered to be observational in ...and meta-regression analyses conducted in this or any other meta-analysis do not support causal inferences ...current ... See full document

... The risk of bias in the included studies was assessed by two independent reviewers according to pre-defined cri- teria based on the Cochrane risk of bias tool [16]. How- ever, the criteria related to blinding of ... See full document

... I 2 declines to ...sensitivity analysis on this model. While leaving out some studies would decrease I 2 , the estimates wouldn’t change ...placebo controlled groups de- clined by ... See full document

... Canadian Diabetes Association Chair in Diabetes Management and Ian McWhinney Chair of Family Medicine Studies at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario in ... See full document

... Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement, which is aimed at trials with a parallel design, consists of a checklist of essential items that should be included in the report of a RCT together with a diagram ... See full document

... the meta-analysis, only two of them that had higher scores on the Jadad question- naire were used to evaluate the quality, thereby potentially affecting the strength of the ... See full document

... several trials were available for a specific topic, meta- analysis using the software Revman ...between trials was evaluated by the Cochran Chi-square test and defined at a P value less than ... See full document

... review the evidence, deliberations, and recom- mendations of the US Food and Drug Adminis- tration scientific advisory committees that led to the black-box warning on the use of antidepressants for children and ... See full document