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Table 4 LDL-cholesterol weighted mean difference

From: Safety of low-molecular-weight heparin compared to unfractionated heparin in hemodialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

LMWH

UFH

 
 

mean change, SD (mg/dl)

mean change, SD (mg/dl)

WMD (95% CI) (mg/dl)

Al-Saran et al.a

−30.94 ± 39.52

−20.11 ± 44.69

−10.83 (−35.21, 13.55)

Elisaf et al.

−18 ± 36.86

−2 ± 32.78

−16.00 (−31.69, −0.31)

Kronenberg et al.

12.3 ± 36.68

−16.5 ± 33.84

28.80 (8.83, 48.77)

Lai et al.a

−2.70 ± 36.93

−6.57 ± 45.82

3.87 (−14.37, 22.11)

Leu et al.a

−35.96 ± 35.03

31.71 ± 36.80

−67.67 (−89.94, −45.40)

Saltissi et al.a

0.39 ± 29.01

1.55 ± 30.55

−1.16 (−14.92, 12.60)

Schmitt et al.

−27 ± 51.10

21 ± 48.12

−48.00 (−77.33, −18.67)

Summary

  

−14.88 (−36.27, 6.51)

  1. aResults were expressed in mmol/L, we converted them in mg/dl to be able to pool them