A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Prokinetic Agents against Glycemic Control

Table 3

The results of meta-analysis for HbA1c.

Studies	Treatment			Control			Standardized mean diff.	95% lower CI	95% upper CI	Weights	value
		Mean	SD		Mean	SD
Melga, P. et al., 1997	20	5.7	0.95	20	6.8	0.89	-1.171	-1.848	-0.495	20.5%
Nam, J. S. et al., 2010	20	5.4	0.5	10	5.55	1.2	-0.184	-0.944	0.577	19.5%
Ueno, N. et al., 2000	19	7.6	0.87	15	8.6	1.16	-0.969	-1.689	-0.249	20.0%
Ueno, N. et al., 2001	30	7.8	0.2	22	8.3	0.2	-2.462	-3.200	-1.724	19.8%
Ueno, N. et al., 2002	17	7.67	0.78	17	8.5	0.99	-0.909	-1.620	-0.199	20.1%
Total (random effect model)							-1.141	-1.843	-0.438		<0.01
Subgroup 1 (Nam, J. S. et al., 2010; Ueno, N. et al., 2002) (random effect model)							-0.560	-1.090	-0.052		0.12
Subgroup 2 (Ueno, N. et al. 2000; Ueno, N. et al., 2001) (random effect model)							-1.714	-3.177	-0.251		0.02

value of the test of heterogeneity among ; Higgins’ (49.9%, 91.2%).