The effects of resveratrol on lipid profiles and liver enzymes in patients with metabolic syndrome and related disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Table 3 The association between resveratrol intake and lipid profiles and liver enzymes using sensitivity analyses

Variables	Pre-sensitivity analysis			Upper & lower of effect size	Post-sensitivity analysis
Variables	No. of studies included	Pooled WMD (random effect)	95% CI	Upper & lower of effect size	Pooled WMD (random effect)	95% CI	Excluded studies
Triglycerides	32	−5.84	−12.68, 1.00	Upper	−4.24	−8.78, 0.29	Simental-Mendía [46]
Triglycerides	32	−5.84	−12.68, 1.00	Lower	−6.86	−13.88, 0.15	Faghihzadeh [35]
Total cholesterol	28	−7.65	−12.93, −2.37	Upper	−5.76	− 12.23, 0.70	Bhatt [20]
Total cholesterol	28	−7.65	−12.93, −2.37	Lower	−9.00	−14.11, −3.89	Faghihzadeh [35]
LDL-cholesterol	27	− 2.90	−10.88, 5.09	Upper	−1.49	−9.36, 6.37	Cicero [41]
LDL-cholesterol	27	− 2.90	−10.88, 5.09	Lower	−6.32	−11.41, − 1.22	Faghihzadeh [35]
HDL-cholesterol	29	0.49	−0.80, 1.78	Upper	0.69	−0.59, 1.99	Kumar [25]
HDL-cholesterol	29	0.49	−0.80, 1.78	Lower	0.17	−1.04, 1.40	Movahed [28]
ALT	13	− 0.14	− 3.69, 3.41	Upper	− 0.33	− 4.10, 3.42	Kantartzis [36]
ALT	13	− 0.14	− 3.69, 3.41	Lower	− 0.69	−4.35, 2.96	Khodabandehloo [38]
AST	10	−0.34	− 2.94, 2.27	Upper	0.42	− 2.19, 3.03	Mazza [48]
AST	10	−0.34	− 2.94, 2.27	Lower	−0.77	−3.51, 1.96	Seyyedebrahimi [30]
GGT	5	1.76	0.58, 2.94	Upper	2.11	0.89, 3.34	Chen [34]
GGT	5	1.76	0.58, 2.94	Lower	1.07	−1.22, 3.37	de Light M [45]

ALT Alanine aminotransferase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, GGT Gamma-glutamyl transferase

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