Table 2 Effect sizes (95% confidence limits) for the difference in CIMT between categories of post prandial glucose levels.
From: Relationship between blood glucose and carotid intima media thickness: A meta-analysis
Glucose categories being compared | ||
|---|---|---|
Diabetic-Normal | Impaired-Normal | |
Faeh[1] | 0.331 (0.170, 0.493) | 0.187 (0.012, 0.362) |
Henry[2] | 0.293 (0.129, 0.457) | 0.300 (0.107, 0.492) |
Hunt[3] | 0.401 (0.273-0.528) | 0.326 (0.078-0.575) |
Ishizaka[4] | 0.239 (0.071, 0.408) | 0.122 (-0.006, 0.252) |
Mohan[5] | 0.304 (0.233, 0.375) | 0 (-0.118, 0.118) |
O'Leary[6] | 0.279 (0.210, 0.349) | 0.125 (0.060, 0.189) |
Niskanen[7] | 0.379 (0.085, 0.673) | 0.081 (-0.390, 0.552) |
Rajala[8] | 0.288 (-0.085, 0.662) | 0.072 (-0.254, 0.399) |
Temelkova[9] | 0.477 (0.233, 0.721) | 0.374 (0.125, 0.623) |
Tuomilehto[10] | -0.082 (-0.437, 0.271) | -0.030 (-0.469, 0.407) |
Wagenknecht[11] | 0.192 (0.070, 0.313) | 0.058 (-0.076, 0.194) |
Overall | 0.294 (0.245, 0.343) | 0.137 (0.072, 0.202) |