Research Article
ACEI and ARB Lower the Incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease among Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy: A Meta-analysis
Table 1
Literature characteristics and Jadad score.
| Study and year | No. of ESRD | No. of patients | Diabetes type | Jadad |
| Bauer [11], 1992 | 3 | 33 | Mixed | 3 | Brenner [16], 2001 | 341 | 1513 | 2 | 4 | Imai [15], 2011 | 153 | 586 | 2 | 5 | Katayama [14], 2002 | 6 | 79 | 1 | 5 | Lewis [18], 1993 | 36 | 409 | 1 | 5 | Lewis [17], 2001 | 183 | 1149 | 2 | 4 | Marre [10], 2004 | 14 | 3627 | 2 | 3 | Maschio [19], 1996 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 5 | Parving [20], 1989 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 3 | Ravid [12], 1993 | 9 | 108 | 2 | 5 | Tong [13], 2006 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 4 |
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