Table 2.

Patients characteristics.

Study	Patients (n)		Mean Age (years)		Mean Baseline HbA1c (%)		Mean Baseline SBP (mmHg)
	Intervention	Control	Intervention	Control	Intervention	Control	Intervention	Control
Ali 2012 [26]	23	23	66.4	66.8	8.2	8.1	146.3	136.2
Ayadurai 2018 [27]	55	69	55	58	10.68	10.32	137	137.8
Correr 2011 [28]	50	46	58.1	59.5	9.9	8.6	135	147.7
Doucette 2009 [29]	31	35	58.7	61.2	7.99	7.91	118.2	119.8
Fajriansyah 2020 [30]	109	111	mean age of both groups: 57.7		8.45	8.9
Fornos 2006 [31]	56	56	62.4	64.9	8.4	7.8	143	148
Jahangard-Rafsanjani 2014 [32]	45	40	57.3	55.9	7.6	7.5	132	136.4
Javaid 2019 [33]	83	52	50.3	50.4	11	10.7	145	133
Krass 2007 [34]	157	142	mean age of both groups: 62		8.9	8.3	135	133
Mehuys 2011 [35]	148	132	63	62.3	7.7	7.3
Michiels 2019 [36]	189	188	65.1	66.3	7.9	7.7	134.4	137
Mourao 2013 [37]	50	50	60	61.3	9.9	9.5	152.9	140.4

Abbreviations: HbA1c = glycated hemoglobin; SBP = systolic blood pressure.