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Table 2 Findings of the subgroup analysis

From: Impact of diabetes mellitus on outcomes of patients with sepsis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Outcomes of interest

Severe sepsis

Sepsis of all stage

Pooled relative risk (RR) with 95% CI

In-hospital mortality

1.00 (0.91, 1.09)

0.97 (0.89, 1.07)

N = 7; I2 = 54.6%

N = 11; I2 = 79.0%

Mortality at latest follow up

1.01 (0.86, 1.18)

0.97 (0.79, 1.19)

N = 3; I2 = 0.0%

N = 3; I2 = 50.2%

Acute renal failure

1.51 (1.32, 1.72)

1.57 (1.20, 2.07)

N = 4; I2 = 86.4%

N = 5; I2 = 95.7%

Respiratory failure

0.96 (0.77, 1.21)

1.16 (0.85, 1.57)

N = 3; I2 = 65.1%

N = 4; I2 = 96.3%

Adverse cardiac event

0.99 (0.94, 1.04)

1.03 (0.87, 1.21)

N = 3; I2 = 0.0%

N = 2; I2 = 83.4%