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Table 2 Meta-analysis showing the effect of probiotics/synbiotics supplementation on anthropometric indices in patients with diabetes using random effects model

From: Effects of probiotic/synbiotic supplementation on body weight in patients with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized-controlled trials

  

Meta-analysis

Heterogeneity

Outcomes

Number of Studies

WMD (95%CI)

P effect

Q statistic

P within

group

I2 (%) (95%CI)

Weight (kg)

27

-0.50 (-0.83, -0.17)

0.003

128.64

< 0.001

79.8 (71, 86)

BMI (kg/m2)

30

-0.24 (-0.39, -0.09)

0.001

203.40

< 0.001

85.7 (81, 89)

WC (cm)

11

-0.90 (-1.13, -0.52)

< 0.001

3.13

0.99

0 (0, 60)

HC (cm)

6

-1.34 (-2.80, 0.12)

0.07

2.76

0.74

0 (0, 75)

WHR

6

-0.01 (-0.04, 0.02)

0.36

15.08

0.01

66.8 (21, 86)

  1. BMI, body mass index; HC, hip circumference; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist to hip ratio
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