Table 5.

Results per extracted dataset for continuous data

Study	DS	Continuous data			LtF corrected
		MD	95% CI	P-value	MD	95% CI	P-value
Milgrom et al.20	01	−1.30	−2.25 to −0.35	0.007*	−0.42	−1.30 to 0.46	0.35
	02	−0.90	−1.01 to 0.21	0.08	−0.04	−0.98 to 0.90	0.93
Mäkinen et al.21	03	−0.59	−2.82 to 1.64	0.60	3.63	2.43–4.83	<0.00001†
Mäkinen et al.22	04	−4.60	−4.72 to −4.48	<0.00001*	−4.31	−4.41 to −4.21	<0.00001*
Mäkinen et al.23	05	−5.15	−5.54 to −4.76	<0.00001*
	06	−12.23	−12.43 to −12.03	<0.00001*
Machiulskiene et al.24	15	2.50	2.37–2.63	<0.00001†	2.24	2.34–2.45	<0.00001†
	16	−0.90	−1.13 to −0.67	<0.00001*	−0.43	−0.58 to −0.28	<0.00001*
	17	−0.20	−0.33 to −0.07	0.002*	0.04	−0.04 to 0.12	0.34
Mäkinen et al.25	18	−11.10	−11.92 to −10.28	<0.00001*

DS, dataset; LtF, lost to follow-up; MD, mean difference; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.

^*Difference statistically significant in favour of xylitol.

^†Difference statistically significant in favour of sorbitol.