Table 6.
Difference in means between treatment and control groups for LDL at final follow-up
Author | Sample size (treatment group vs. control group) | Difference | 95% CI |
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Cabral et al. [57] | 32 (14 vs. 18) | − 0.99 mmol/L* | − 2.40 to 0.42 |
Caraccio et al. [58] | 49 (24 vs. 25) | − 0.30 mmol/L* | − 0.83 to 0.23 |
Duman et al. [60] | 39 (20 vs. 19) | 0.11 mmol/L* | − 0.89 to 1.11 |
Iqbal et al. [62] | 64 (32 vs. 32) | 0.00 mmol/L* | − 0.47 to 0.47 |
Liu et al. [64] | 119 (60 vs. 59) | − 0.12 mmol/L** | − 0.32 to 0.08 |
Mikhail et al. [66] | 120 (60 vs. 60) | − 0.21 mmol/L* | − 0.46 to 0.03 |
Monzani et al. [68] | 45 (23 vs. 22) | − 1.23 mmol/L* | − 2.32 to − 0.13 |
Nagasaki et al. [69] | 95 (48 vs. 47) | − 0.22 mmol/L** | − 0.70 to 0.26 |
Teixeira et al. [74, 75] | 26 (11 vs. 15) | − 0.63 mmol/L* | − 1.90 to 0.64 |
*Value is the difference in mean scores at final follow-up between treatment and control groups
**Value is the difference in mean variation scores from baseline to follow-up between treatment and control group