Biphasic Regulation of Lipid Metabolism: A Meta-Analysis of Icodextrin in Peritoneal Dialysis

Table 6

Effect of icodextrin on lipid profiles (in subgroups of diabetes).

Factor	Diabetes	Number of studies	Heterogeneity test				Weighted mean difference
					value	Model of meta	WMD	[95% CI]	value
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	Diabetes	2	2.05	51.20%	0.152	F			0.087
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	Diabetes	2	0.49	<0.01%	0.483	F			0.467
HDL-C (mmol/L)	Diabetes	2	0.09	<0.01%	0.759	F			0.002
LDL-C (mmol/L)	Diabetes	2	1.45	31.00%	0.228	F			0.228

Note: the value was less than 0.05, and the WMD was considered statistically significant.