Study name | Intervention(s) | Control | Mean or median change score of final score in intervention(s) | Mean or median change score of final score in control | Difference in mean or median |
Sanyal 2010 | Thiazolidinediones | Antioxidants | ‐0.4 ‐0.3 | ‐0.1 | ‐0.3 ‐0.2 |
Gomez 2009 | Antioxidants | No intervention | ‐0.72 | ‐0.55 | ‐0.17 |
Harrison 2003 | Antioxidants | No intervention | ‐0.67 | ‐0.3 | ‐0.37 |
Leuschner 2010 | Bile acids | No intervention | 0 | ‐0.08 | 0.08 |
Lindor 2004 | Bile acids | No intervention | 0 | ‐0.1 | 0.1 |
Neuschwander‐Tetri 2015 | Bile acids | No intervention | ‐0.2 | 0.1 | ‐0.3* |
Dufour 2006 | Bile acids plus antioxidants Bile acids | No intervention | 0.44 0.32 | 0.56 | ‐0.10 ‐0.24 |
Armstrong 2016 | Other anti‐diabetes medication | No intervention | ‐0.2 | ‐0.2 | 0 |
Loomba 2015 | Other cholesterol‐lowering agents | No intervention | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Van Wagner 2011 | Pentoxifylline | No intervention | ‐0.2 | 0.4 | ‐0.6 |
Alam 2016 | Renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system inhibitor | No intervention | ‐0.65 | 0.3 | ‐0.95* |
Chan 2015 | Silymarin | No intervention | ‐0.367 | 0.147 | ‐0.514 |
Shields 2009 | Sulphonylureas | No intervention | 1.56 | 1.9 | ‐0.34 |
Uygun 2004 | Sulphonylureas | No intervention | 0.92 | 1.12 | ‐0.2 |
Belfort 2006 | Thiazolidinediones | No intervention | ‐0.9 | ‐0.63 | ‐0.27 |
Ratziu 2008 | Thiazolidinediones | No intervention | 0.03 | ‐0.18 | 0.21 |
Sharma 2012 | Pentoxifylline | Thiazolidinediones | 0.91 | 0.9 | 0.01 |
Torres 2011 | Thiazolidinediones plus renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system inhibitor Thiazolidinediones plus sulphonylureas | Thiazolidinediones | ‐0.32 ‐0.59 | ‐0.7 | 0.38 0.11 |
Footnotes Lower indicates better * = statistically significant difference |