Table 2.
GRADE profile of pomegranate for glycemic parameters
| Quality assessment | Summary of findings | Quality of evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Publication Bias | Number of intervention/control |
WMD, 95%CI | |
| Blood glucose | No serious limitations | Very serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | 729 /684 | -3.036 mg/dl, 95% CI: -4.27, -1.79 |
⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ◯ Moderate |
| Insulin | No serious limitations | Very serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | 514 /510 | -0.967 µU/ml, 95% CI: -1.48, -0.44 |
⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ◯ Moderate |
| HOMA-IR | No serious limitations | Very serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | 503 /480 | -0.238, 95% CI: -0.259, -0.217 |
⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ◯ Moderate |
| HbA1c | No serious limitations | Very serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | 239 /230 | 0.046, 95% CI: --0.207, 0.298 |
⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ◯ Moderate |
| QUICKI | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | 134/131 | 0.003, 95% CI: 0.001, 0.006 |
⊕⊕⊕⊕ High |