Table 3.

Subgroup analyses of blood glucose levels in chemical- and diet-induced DM rodent models.

DM Type	Subgroups	Effect Size					Heterogeneity (I2)	Test of Group Difference (p)
		No. of Studies	g	95% CI		p-Value
Chemical-induced	Sex
	Males	20	−5.78	−7.12	−4.44	<0.001	86.71	0.06
	Females	2	−0.93	−4.74	2.87	0.63	31.22
	Both	6	−4.64	−7.11	−2.16	<0.001	95.15
	Parts
	Leaves	21	−4.46	−5.74	−3.17	<0.001	89.79	0.15
	Seeds	3	−7.40	−11.06	−3.74	<0.001	96.35
	Others	5	−6.76	−9.61	−3.90	<0.001	87.93
	Blood sample
	Plasma	4	−5.74	−8.88	−2.60	<0.001	90.90	0.71
	Serum	6	−6.37	−8.98	−3.66	<0.001	91.36
	Whole blood	17	−5.05	−6.60	−3.49	<0.001	90.87
Diet-induced	Sex
	Males	9	−1.73	−2.77	−0.68	0.001	86.98	0.98
	Females	2	−1.70	−3.68	0.28	0.09	59.05
	Parts
	Leaves	7	−2.04	−3.32	−0.76	0.002	90.16	0.63
	Seeds	3	−1.11	−2.75	0.53	0.18	0.00
	Others	1	−2.32	−5.30	0.65	0.13	0.00
	Blood sample
	Serum	4	−3.15	−5.06	−1.24	0.001	94.47	0.10
	Whole blood	7	−1.29	−2.36	−0.25	0.02	47.90