Table 3.

Sensitivity analysis of the effects of single studies on the overall findings for the relationship between social support and depression in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Study	Sample size	Pooled aOR	95% CI
			LL	UL
Kogan et al., 2007 [25]	200	2.37	1.62	3.45
Thaneerat et al., 2010 [35]	250	1.90	1.43	2.54
Kollannoor-Samuel et al., 2011 [26]	211	2.36	1.62	3.43
El Mahalli, 2015 [27]	260	2.00	1.49	2.70
Habtewold et al., 2016 [29]	276	1.95	1.45	2.62
Al-Mohaimeed, 2017 [28]	300	1.86	1.40	2.46
Engidaw et al., 2020 [30]	403	1.90	1.43	2.54
Gebre et al., 2020 [31]	260	1.92	1.44	2.56
Jarso et al., 2020 [32]	397	2.03	1.50	2.75
Geleta et al., 2021 [34]	321	2.09	1.52	2.88
Ilori et al., 2021 [33]	273	2.04	1.51	2.77
Combined	3151	2.02	1.51	2.70

aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit.