Table 4.
Variable | Pre-sensitivity analysis | Upper and lower of effect size | Post-sensitivity analysis | ||||
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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 |