Metformin × body weight & composition

SynthesisBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2012

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the clinical setting: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Thomas Karagiannis et al.PubMed ↗Publisher ↗

What the trial testedrandomised · 7,136 people · 2012

Randomised comparison

Raised body weight & composition

+0.20+0.08 to +0.32

As reported

difference 0.20, 95% CI 0.08–0.32

One number in the abstract

the abstract, start to end

in HbA(1c) (weighted mean difference 0.20, 95% confidence interval 0.08

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could be chance
Body weight & composition
0.200.08–0.32
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