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

Table 4

The results of meta-analysis for fasting blood glucose.

Studies	Treatment			Control			Standardized mean diff.	95% lower CI	95% upper CI	Weights	value
		Mean	SD		Mean	SD
Nam, J. S. et al., 2010	20	6	0.9	10	6.3	1.1	-0.301	-1.065	0.462	25.0%
Ueno, N. et al., 2000	19	9.7	2.06	15	11.1	3.1	-0.532	-1.223	0.158	25.4%
Ueno, N. et al., 2001	30	8.2	0.9	22	11	0.5	-3.368	-4.549	-2.276	24.2%
Ueno, N. et al., 2002	17	8.51	1.4	17	9.6	1.61	-0.705	-1.401	-0.010	25.4%
Total (random effect model)							-1.270	-2.613	0.074		0.06
Subgroup 1 (Nam, J. S. et al., 2010; Ueno, N. et al., 2002) (random effect model)							-0.522	-1.036	-0.010		0.04
Subgroup 2 (Ueno, N. et al., 2000; Ueno, N. et al., 2001) (random effect model)							-2.070	-5.113	0.973		0.18

value of the test of heterogeneity among ; Higgins’ (82.8%, 96.3%).