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Table 1 Insulin versus hypoglycaemic drugs

From: Efficacy and safety of insulin in type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Studies

Methodological quality: Low/moderate/good (Blinding Yes/No)

Participants (Ins/C)

TreatmentsTreatments

Follow-up (weeks)

Inclusion criteria

Primary outcome

Alvarsson 2009 [32]

Moderate (No)

51 (23/28)

Insulin/glibenclamide

104

FBG: [6; 12 mmol/L]

35–75 years

HbA1c, metabolic control

Aschner 2012 [33]

Good (No)

515 (250/265)

Met/S + Insulin Glargine/Sitagliptin

24

[7 %; 11]

35–70 years

BMI = [25–45 kg/m2]

HbA1c

Bunck 2009 [34]

Moderate (No)

69 (33/36)

Met + Insulin glargine/exenatide

52

[6,5 %; 9,5]

35–75 years

BMI = [25–40 kg/m2]

Metabolic control

Davies 2009 [35]

Good (No)

233 (117/118)

OHD (Met/S/TZD) + Insulin glargine/exenatide

51

[7,5 %;10 %]

BMI > 27 kg/m2

HbA1c

Diamant 2010 [36]

Moderate (No)

467 (234/233)

OHD (Met/Met-S) + Insulin glargine/exenatide

26

[7 %; 11 %] - BMI : [25-40 kg/m2]

HbA1C

Gallwitz 2011 [37]

Moderate (No)

363 (181/182)

Met + Insulin Aspart/exenatide

26

[6,5 %; 10]

HbA1c

Gerstein 2006 [38]

Moderate (No)

405 (206/199)

OHD + Insulin glargine/conventional

24

[7,5 %; 11 %]

BMI: [21–41 kg/m2]

18–80 years

HbA1c

Gerstein 2012 [39]

Good (No)

12527 (6273/6264)

Lifestyle recommendations and OHD + Glargine/Conventional care/omega3/placebo

6 years

Recent diabetes/Glucose Intolerance/

Composite of CV events

Hartemann 2011 [40]

Moderate (No)

27 (13/14)

OHD (Met/S) + Insulin NPH/Pioglitazone

24

[7,5 %; 9,5 %]

BMI > 26 kg/m2

18–80 years

HbA1c

Heine 2009 [41]

Moderate (No)

551 (267/282)

OHD (Met/S) + Insulin Glargine/Exenatide

26

[7 %; 10 %]

BMI: [25–45 kg/m2]

35–75 years

HbA1c

Hollander 2009 [42]

Moderate (No)

217 (107/110)

OHD (Met + Sitagliptin) + Insulin Detemir/+/− S

26

[7,5 %; 10 %]

BMI < 40 kg/m2

HbA1c

Nauck 2007 [43]

Moderate (No)

501 (248/253)

OHD (Met/S) + Insulin Aspart/Exenatide

52

[7 %; 11 %]

BMI : [25–40 kg/m2]

30–75 years

HbA1c

Nauck 2012 [44]

Good (No)

1037 (364/351/322)

Met + S + Taspoglutide 10/taspoglutide 20/Insulin Glargine

24

[7 %; 10 %]

BMI : [25–45 kg/m2]

18–75 ans

HbA1c

Reynolds 2007 [45]

Moderate (No)

40 (20/20)

OHD (Met/S) + Insulin Aspart/Rosiglitazone

26

[8 %; 12 %]

HbA1c, metabolic control

Rosenstock 2006 [46]

Good (No)

217 (105/112)

OHD (Met/S) + Insulin Glargine/Rosiglitazone

24

[7,5 %; 11 %]

BMI > 25 kg/m2

>18 years

HbA1c

UKPDS 24 1998 [47]

Good (No)

458 (178/231/49)

Insulin/Chlorpropamide or Glyburide/Metformin

6 years

Diet failure

UKPDS 33

25–60 years

HbA1c/FPG