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

Table 5

The results of meta-analysis for insulin.

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	34.51	20.09	10	38.03	25.11	-0.157	-0.917	0.603	33.0%
Ueno, N. et al., 2001	30	42	5.8	22	31.9	4.6	1.867	1.202	2.532	33.6%
Ueno, N. et al., 2002	17	40.8	22.68	17	54.7	19.05	-0.648	-1.340	0.044	33.4%
Total (random effect model)							0.359	-1.205	1.923		0.65
Subgroup 1 (Nam, J. S. et al., 2010; Ueno, N. et al., 2002) (random effect model)							-0.426	-0.937	0.086		0.10

value of the test of heterogeneity among ; Higgins’ (83.6%, 97.2%).