Skip to main content

Table 3 Subgroup analysis to investigate the relationship between disease type and TG, TC, HDL, LDL

From: Lipid profile in girls with precocious puberty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lipid parameters

Disease type

CPP

PP

PA

PT

TG

    

No. of studies

4

5

4

1

I2

0%

91%

86%

 

SMD(95%CI)

-0.03(-0.18, 0.11)

0.94(0.02, 1.87)

0.18(-0.47, 0.84)

0.22(0.05,0.40)

P

0.66

0.05

0.58

0.01

TC

    

No. of studies

3

4

4

1

I2

0%

79%

94%

 

SMD(95%CI)

-0.03(-0.18, 0.12)

0.42(-0.24, 1.09)

0.94(-0.15, 2.03)

0.20 (0.02,0.38)

P

0.66

0.22

0.09

0.03

HDL

    

No. of studies

3

5

4

1

I2

0%

62%

76%

 

SMD(95%CI)

0.00(-0.23, 0.24)

-0.44(-0.86, -0.02)

0.25(-0.25,0.76)

-0.01(-0.19,0.16)

P

0.98

0.04

0.32

0.87

LDL

    

No. of studies

3

5

4

1

I2

0%

89%

94%

 

SMD(95%CI)

-0.02(-0.26, 0.21)

0.84(0.02, 1.66)

0.56(-0.55, 1.66)

0.41(0.23,0.59)

P

0.86

0.05

0.32

< 0.0001

  1. CPP-central precocious puberty; PP-premature pubarche; PA-premature adrenarche; PT-prematurethelarche; TG-triglyceride; TC-Total cholesterol; HDL-high density lipoprotein; LDL-low density lipoprotein; SMD-standard mean difference