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. 2019 Jun 12;10:649. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00649

Table 4.

The association between curcumin supplementation and body composition using sensitivity analysis.

Variable Pre-sensitivity analysis Upper and lower of effect size Post-sensitivity analysis
No. of studies included Pooled SMD
(random effect)
95% CI Pooled SMD
(random effect)
95% CI Excluded studies
BMI 14 −0.37 −0.61, −0.13 Upper −0.30 −0.51, −0.08 Panahi #2
Lower −0.41 −0.66, −0.17 Kocher
Body weight 15 −0.23 −0.39, −0.06 Upper −0.17 −0.29, −0.05 Rahmani
Lower −0.25 −0.42, −0.08 Kocher
WC 9 −0.25 −0.44, −0.05 Upper −0.17 −0.33, −0.01 Churngsamarn (2012)
Lower −0.20 −0.42, 0.00 Panahi #1
HR 5 −0.17 −0.42, 0.08 Upper −0.02 −0.37, 0.31 Amin
Lower −0.20 −0.46, 0.06 Mohammadi (b)
Leptin 4 −0.97 −1.18, −0.75 Upper −0.85 −1.18, −0.53 Churngsamarn (2014)
Lower −1.01 −1.26, −0.75 Panahi
Adiponectin 5 1.05 0.23, 1.87 Upper 1.26 0.51, 2.00 Churngsamarn (2012)
Lower 0.95 −0.09, 2.01 Panahi