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Table 4 Subgroup analyses for clinical characteristics and study quality

From: Efficacy of low-protein diet for diabetic nephropathy: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

 

GFR

Proteinuria

Subgroups

Mean difference (95% CI)

I2 (%)

p Value

Mean difference (95% CI)

I2 (%)

p Value

Type of diabetes

 T1DM

4.46 (−2.59, 11.51)

90

0.21

−3.23 (−7.03, 0.58)

87

0.1

 T2DM

1.61 (−0.57, 3.79)

0

0.15

1.32 (0.17, 2.47)

86

0.02

 Mixed

0.19 (− 0.43,0.80)

0

0.55

−0.84 (−1.38,-0.29)

7

0.003

BMI

 BMI≤25

0.82 (− 11.12, 12.76)

89

0.89

−0.73 (−3.52, 2.06)

58

0.61

 BMI > 25

0.22 (−0.35, 0.79)

0

0.44

0.52 (−1.82, 2.86)

98

0.66

Intervention period

 < 12 months

3.23 (−2.96, 9.42)

87

0.31

−0.04 (− 2.14, 2.06)

68

0.97

 12-24 months

2.44 (−3.94, 8.82)

84

0.45

−1.17 (− 3.70, 1.36)

83

0.37

 > 24 months

0.18 (−1.36, 1.72)

0

0.82

4.19 (−2.75, 11.12)

97

0.24

Course of DM

 ≤ 10 years

1.83 (−0.44, 4.10)

0

0.11

3.93 (−0.33, 8.19)

88

0.07

 > 10 years

1.87 (−1.19, 4.93)

85

0.23

−2.14 (−4.29, 0.01)

87

0.05

  1. BMI body mass index, GFR glomerular filtration rate, T1DM type 1 diabetes mellitus, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus