Prevalence of lipohypertrophy in insulin-treated diabetes patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

Insulin-treated diabetes patients are at high risk for lipohypertrophy (LH), but this clinical problem has been overlooked by some medical professionals. In addition, studies differed from each other significantly in regard to the prevalence of LH. The present systematic review aimed to determine pooled prevalence levels of LH among insulin-injecting diabetes patients.

Materials and methods

Four electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library and Scopus) were searched for eligible studies from their inception until April 2017, and reference lists were searched manually to identify additional studies. Studies containing data on LH in patients with diabetes mellitus were included. Meta-analysis was carried out with a random effects model.

Result

SUBMITTER: Deng N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5934253 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature