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Prediction of risk of diabetic retinopathy for all-cause mortality, stroke and heart failure: Evidence from epidemiological observational studies
Abstract: To examine and quantify the potential relation between diabetic retinopathy (DR) and risk of all-cause mortality, stroke and heart failure (HF). The resources of meta-analysis of epidemiological observational studies were from Pub-med, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, conference, and proceedings. Random/fixed effects models were used to calculate pooled subgroup analysis stratified by different grades of DR was performed to explore the potential source of heterogeneity. Statistical manipulations were undertaken using program STATA. Of the included 25 studies, comprising 142,625 participants, 19 studies were c...
Source: Medicine - January 1, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Source Type: research

Factors related to the risk of stroke in the population with type 2 diabetes: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
Conclusion: We plan to submit this systematic review to a peer-reviewed journal. INPLASY registration number: INPLASY2021100046
Source: Medicine - January 21, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Study Protocol Systematic Review Source Type: research

Non-pharmacological intervention for rehabilitation of post-stroke spasticity: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis
Conclusion: The results of this study will provide evidence to judge whether non-pharmacological interventions are effective interventions for patients with post-stroke spasticity. Ethics and dissemination: The results of this meta-analysis and meta-regression will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at a relevant conference. The data used in the network meta-analysis did not contain individual patient data. Therefore, ethical approval was not required. INPLASY registration number: INPLASY202140059
Source: Medicine - May 7, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Study Protocol Systematic Review Source Type: research