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Table 1 Characteristics of the accepted studies and correlation of post prandial glucose level with CIMT.

From: Relationship between blood glucose and carotid intima media thickness: A meta-analysis

  

Number of persons studied

 

Correlation coefficient

  

Glucose category

 

Glucose

Pearson's r

Author

Year

normal

impaired

diabetic

Total

Groups*

(95% CI)

Faeh[1]

2007

776

150

184

1,110

3

0.075 (0.017-0.133)

Henry[2]

2004

278

168

301

747

3

0.094 (0.022-0.164)

Hunt[3]

2003

1,127

66

303

1,496

3

0.124 (0.074-0.174)

Ishizaka[4]

2003

738

334

166

1,238

3

0.056 (0-0.164)

Mohan[5]

2006

1,600

330

1,500

3,430

4

0.086 (0.053-0.119)

O'Leary[6]

1992

2,576

1,427

1,161

5,164

3

0.069 (0.042-0.096)

Niskanen[7]

1996

98

21

84

203

3

0.104 (-0.034-0.238)

Rajala[8]

2002

57

97

54

208

3

0.085 (-0.051-0.218)

Temelkova[9]

2000

265

82

88

435

4

0.180 (0.088-0.270)

Tuomilehto[10]

1998

100

25

44

169

3

-0.020 (-0.169-0.131)

Wagenknecht[11]

1998

635

313

444

1,392

4

0.077 (0.024-0.129)

Overall

 

8,250

3,013

4,329

15,592

 

0.082 (0.066-0.098)

  1. *Indicates the number of glucose categories reported. In the Temelkova study, four groups were reported; however, only three were used for the analysis