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SynthesisJournal of translational medicine2023

The effects of probiotics supplementation on glycaemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials.

Guang Li, Hao Feng, Xin-Liang Mao, Yan-Jun Deng, Xiao-Bao Wang, Qiong Zhang, Yan Guo, Su-Mei Xiao

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Synthesis in Journal of translational medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Association between probiotic prescriptions and the incidence of primary open-angle glaucoma in patients with documented dry eye.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  17. A Combined Probiotic-International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  20. Probiotic Supplementation WithFood science & nutrition · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guang Li *Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Hao Feng *Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Xin-Liang Mao *College of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
Yan-Jun DengDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Xiao-Bao WangDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Qiong ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Yan GuoZhongshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhongshan, 528403, China.
Su-Mei XiaoDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China. xiaosm3@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4823-1601
Sun Yat-sen University · CNSouth China University of Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis systematic review and meta-analysis study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of probiotics supplementation on glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) based on the data from the randomised clinical trials (RCTs).

methodsPubMed, Web of Sciences, Embase, and Cochrane Library were searched from the inception to October 2022, and RCTs about probiotics and T2DM were collected. The standardised mean difference (SMD) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to estimate the effects of probiotics supplementation on glycaemic control related parameters, e.g. fasting blood glucose (FBG), insulin, haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and homeostasis model of assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR).

resultsThirty RCTs including 1,827 T2MD patients were identified. Compared with the placebo group, the probiotics supplementation group had a significant decrease in the parameters of glycaemic control, including FBG (SMD = - 0.331, 95% CI  - 0.424 to - 0.238, P

conclusionThis study supported that probiotics supplementation had favourable effects on glycaemic control in T2DM patients. It may be a promising adjuvant therapy for patients with T2DM.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Insulin ResistanceProbioticsAdultBlood GlucoseGlycated HemoglobinGlycemic ControlHumansInsulinRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicBlood GlucoseGlycated HemoglobinInsulinGlycaemic controlProbioticsSystematic review and meta- analysisType 2 diabetes mellitus

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