Associations between human cytomegalovirus infection and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Multiple studies have reported a potential contribution of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) to the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes and post-transplantation diabetes. However, the association between HCMV and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains unclear. In this paper, we employ the meta-analysis approach to investigate the potential correlation between HCMV infection and T2DM.

Method

The data of our study were collected from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and WAN FANG databases from inception to November 2022. Using the Review Manager V.5.4 software, the meta-analysis was performed.

Results

A total of 18 139 patients from 22 studies were included in our analysis. In the Asian subgroup, the patients wi

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450059 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature