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Table 1 Characteristics of included RCTs

From: Effects of SGLT-2 inhibitors on adipose tissue distribution in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Study ID

Country

Sample size, n

Intervention

Comparator

Co‐intervention

Age(y)

Duration

Population

Baseline BMI (kg/m2)

Outcome evaluation

Included outcome

B. Gaborit 2021

France

26/25

Empaglifozin 10 mg qd

Placebo

None

57.0 ± 10.1/58.6 ± 9.2

12 weeks

T2DM

33.7 ± 3.8/34.7 ± 7.1

MRI

VAT, EAT, liver fat

Masaya Koshizaka 2021

Japan

15/14

Ipragliflozin 50 mg qd

Metformin 500 mg qd

None

68.7 ± 2.4/69.4 ± 2.9

24 weeks

T2DM

26.8 ± 3.8/27.1 ± 3.9

CT

VAT

Eugene Han 2020

Korea

29/15

Ipragliflozin 50 mg qd

Placebo

Metformin + pioglitazone

52.5 ± 10.3/56.7 ± 11.8

24 weeks

T2DM and NAFLD

30.4 ± 5.4/30.2 ± 2.5

CT

VAT, SAT, liver fat

Alexander J.M. Brown 2020

United Kingdom

31/34

Dapaglilflozin 10 mg qd

Placebo

None

64.3 ± 7.0/66.7 ± 6.6

48 weeks

T2DM

32.3 ± 4.7/32.6 ± 4.2

MRI

VAT, SAT

Gianluca Iacobellis 2020

USA

42/42

Dapagliflozin 10 mg qd

Placebo

Metformin

52 ± 9/51 ± 11

24 weeks

T2DM

36.6 ± 7.8/34.7 ± 6

Echocardiography

EAT

Tomoe Kinoshita 2020

Japan

32/33

Dapagliflozin 5 mg qd

Glimepiride 1 mg qd

None

58.7 ± 1.6/58.0 ± 2.3

28 weeks

T2DM and NAFLD

29.5 ± 0.8/28.4 ± 0.7

CT

VAT

Rory J. McCrimmon 2020

United Kingdom

90/88

Canagliflozin 300 mg qd

Semaglutide 1.0 mg qw

None

58.6 ± 10.1/57.8 ± 9.9

52 weeks

T2DM

32.3 ± 5.5/32.6 ± 6.4

DXA

VAT

Shintaro Sakurai 2020

Japan

31/18

Empagliflozin 10 mg qd

Standard treatment without SGLT2 inhibitors

None

58.6 ± 12.9/58.6 ± 12.2

12 weeks

T2DM

27.2 ± 5.7/28.4 ± 6.6

BIA

VAT

Aino Latva-Rasku 2019

Finland

15/16

Dapagliflozin 10 mg qd

Placebo

None

60 ± 7.4/62 ± 8.4

8 weeks

T2DM

32.1 ± 3.9/31.7 ± 5.0

MRI

VAT, SAT

Daisuke Ito 2017

Japan

32/34

Ipragliflozin 50 mg qd

Pioglitazone 30 mg qd

None

57.3 ± 12.1/59.1 ± 9.8

24 weeks

T2DM and NAFLD

30.7 ± 5.0/29.9 ± 6.2

CT

VAT, SAT

Yukihiro Bando 2017

Japan

37/21

Ipragliflozin 50 mg qd

Standard treatment without SGLT2 inhibitors

None

54.8 ± 9.3/55.4 ± 7.5

12 weeks

T2DM

27.8 ± 3.9/27.3 ± 3.1

CT

VAT, SCT

Takashi Shibuya 2017

Japan

16/16

Luseogliflozin 2.5 mg qd

Metformin 1500 mg qd

None

53.5 ± 12.2/59.6 ± 10.6

24 weeks

T2DM and NAFLD

27.6 ± 2.0/28.1 ± 5.8

CT

VFA

Masanori Shimizu 2019

Japan

33/24

Dapagliflozin 5 mg qd

Standard treatment without SGLT2 inhibitors

None

56.2 ± 11.5/57.1 ± 13.8

24 weeks

T2DM and NAFLD

27.6 ± 4.7/28.7 ± 3.5

BIA

VAT, SAT, liver fat

Shigenori Hiruma 2021

Japan

21/21

Empagliflozin 10 mg qd

Sitagliptin 100 mg qd

None

52.8 ± 9.7/47.8 ± 11.5

12 weeks

T2DM

28.6 ± 4.8/30.0 ± 5.0

MRI

EAT

Jan W. Eriksson 2018

Sweden

19/19

Dapagliflozin 10 mg qd

Placebo

None

65.0 ± 6.5/65.6 ± 6.1

12 weeks

T2DM and NAFLD

30.5 ± 2.8/30.3 ± 3.1

MRI

VAT, SAT, liver fat

Kayo Horibe 2022

Japan

26/24

Dapagliflozin 5 mg qd

Placebo

OAD

59.7 ± 12.0/62.3 ± 6.5

24 weeks

T2DM

28.0 ± 4.0/27.6 ± 3.8

MRI

VAT, SAT

Hideka Inoue 2019

Japan

24/24

Ipragliflozin 50 mg qd

Placebo

Insulin

60.5 ± 9.8/60.8 ± 12.1

24 weeks

T2DM

27.9 ± 4.0/27.7 ± 4.5

MRI

VAT, SAT

Haleh Chehrehgosha 2021

Iran

35/37

Empagliflflozin 10 mg qd

Placebo

None

50.5 ± 8.4/51.8 ± 7.8

24 weeks

T2DM and NAFLD

30.9 ± 3.3/30.2 ± 4.4

DXA

VAT, liver fat

  1. VAT visceral adipose tissue, SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, OAD oral anti-diabetic drugs, SGLT2 sodium–glucose transporter 2, NAFLD non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, DXA dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, BIA bioelectrical impedance analysis, CT computed tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging