The therapeutic effects of silymarin for patients with glucose/lipid metabolic dysfunction: A meta-analysis

To comprehensively evaluate the treatment efficacy and safety of silymarin for patients with glucose/lipid metabolic dysfunction using a meta-analysis. A systematic literature search in PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases was performed up to October 1, 2019. STATA 13.0 software was used to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medicine (Baltimore) 2020-10, Vol.99 (40), p.e22249-e22249
Hauptverfasser: Xiao, Fengyan, Gao, Feng, Zhou, Shengxue, Wang, Lina
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:To comprehensively evaluate the treatment efficacy and safety of silymarin for patients with glucose/lipid metabolic dysfunction using a meta-analysis. A systematic literature search in PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases was performed up to October 1, 2019. STATA 13.0 software was used to estimate pooled standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI). Sixteen studies involving 1358 patients were identified. Overall meta-analysis showed that compared with control, silymarin significantly reduced levels of fasting blood glucose (SMD: -1.27, 95% CI = [-1.78, -0.76]; P 
ISSN:0025-7974
1536-5964
DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000022249