Table 4.
Randomized controlled trails of SMBG in patients with type 2 diabetes not using insulin – study results: HbA1c
| Study | Treatment arm |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Control | Intervention vs Control | |
| Schwedes9,11 | 8.47 → 7.47 | 8.35 → 7.81 | −0.46 (95% CI −0.77, −0.11) |
| Farmer11–13 | 1. 7.41 → 7.28 2. 7.53 → 7.36 |
7.49 → 7.49 | 1. − 0.14 (95% CI −0.35, 0.07) 2. −0.17 (95% CI −0.37, 0.03) |
| Allen16 | 12.4 → 10.4 | 11.7 → 9.7 | ~0.0 (P > 0.95) |
| Davidson17 | 8.5 → 7.7 | 8.4 → 7.8 | −0.2 (95% CI −1.1, 0.6) |
| Fontbonne18 | 8.2 → ~7.8 | 1. 8.6 → ~8.5 2. 8.2 → ~7.7 |
1. ~ −0.2 (NS) 2. ~0.1 (NS) |
| Guerci19 | 9.0 → 8.1 | 8.9 → 8.4 | ~ −0.3 (P = 0.009) |
| Muchmore20 | 10.29 → 8.75 | 10.45 → 9.6 | ~ −0.7 (NS) |
| O’Kane21 | 8.8 → 6.9 | 8.6 → 6.9 | −0.07 (95% CI −0.38, 0.25) |
| Barnett14 | 8.12 → 6.95 | 8.12 → 7.20 | −0.24 (95% CI −0.45, −0.03) |