Table 5.
Forest plot of a cointervention of berberine and oral hypoglycaemics versus the same oral hypoglycaemics alone. FPG: fasting plasma glucose; PPG: postprandial plasma glucose levels; HbA1c: glycosylated haemoglobin levels A1c; FINS: fasting insulin levels; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.