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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the studies included

From: Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors alleviate cognitive dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Study/year

Location

Treatment

arm (n)

Sex

(male/female)

Duration

of follow-up

(months)

Age

(years)

Duration

of diabetes

(years)

BMI

(kg/m2)

HbA1c

(%)

MMSE score

(0[worst]-30[best])

Isik,2017 [36]

Turkey

sita: 43

met: 69

insu: 22

sita: 47/57

met + insu: 35/66

6

77.05 ± 8.50

77.12 ± 7.87

77.61 ± 9.40

13.38 ± 8.5

12.95 ± 4.99

15.66 ± 6.97

28.86 ± 4.21

29.78 ± 4.71

28.33 ± 5.24

7.29 ± 1.49

6.90 ± 1.29

7.50 ± 1.19

22.73 ± 5.64

23.55 ± 5.38

23.50 ± 4.03

Borzi,2019 [37]

Italy

vild + met: 30

met: 30

vild + met: 14/16

met:13/17

6

77.67 ± 8.23

75.46 ± 7.89

16.72 ± 5.81

15.49 ± 6.83

29.55 ± 5.92

28.48 ± 6.69

8.02 ± 1.27

7.09 ± 1.21

21.00 ± 1.41

20.77 ± 1.22

Biessels,2019 [38]

Netherland

lina: 800

pla: 745

lina: 503/297

pla: 501/244

30

67.8 ± 8.3

67.7 ± 8.0

14.8 ± 9.2

15.4 ± 9.4

32.5 ± 5.1

32.8 ± 5.3

7.8 ± 0.9

7.8 ± 0.9

28.3 ± 1.7

28.2 ± 1.8

Xue, 2020 [39]

China

dpp4i: 30

sulfo: 30

dpp4i: 17/13

sulfo: 14/16

6

68.5 ± 7.1

67.4 ± 5.9

8.17 ± 3.05

8.97 ± 2.65

25.71 ± 3.76

25.59 ± 4.28

8.56 ± 1.25

8.86 ± 3.17

25.42 ± 1.22

25.37 ± 1.16

Bulut,2020 [40]

Turkey

vild: 43

pla: 35

con: 52

vild: 18/25

pla + con: 20/32

6

74.4 ± 7.9

79.7 ± 4.8

74.2 ± 7.8

18.4 ± 9.9

11.3 ± 7.6

16.4 ± 10.6

29.3 ± 5.1

28.5 ± 4.2

29.1 ± 4.5

7.63 ± 1.37

6.01 ± 0.49

7.12 ± 1.57

21.81 ± 6.16

24.94 ± 4.31

26.04 ± 5.04

Biessels,2021 [41]

Netherland

lina: 1618

glim: 1545

lina: 1002/616

glim: 958/587

40

64.4 ± 9.1

64.4 ± 9.3

7.7 ± 6.2

7.4 ± 5.9

30.8 ± 5.0

30.7 ± 4.9

7.1 ± 0.5

7.1 ± 0.6

28.5 ± 1.7

28.5 ± 1.7

  1. Values are expressed as the mean ± SD. Abbreviations: n: number of participants per group; HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin; sita: sitagliptin; vild: vildagliptin; pla: placebo; con: conventional treatment; met: metformin; insu: insulin; sulfo: sulfonylurea; lina: linagliptin; gli: glimepiride; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination