Table 3 Analysis of heterogeneity.

From: Effect of Long-term Incretin-Based Therapies on Ischemic Heart Diseases in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Network Meta-analysis

t1

t2

i2.pair

i2.cons

incons.p

Myocardial infarction

Per-comparison I-squared:

DPP4_inhibitors

GLP1_agonists

0

0

0.68

DPP4_inhibitors

Placebo

32.12

24.82

0.91

DPP4_inhibitors

SGLT2_inhibitors

44.39

44.38

NA

DPP4_inhibitors

Sulfonylureas

15.62

5.24

0.58

GLP1_agonists

Insulin

44.14

44.27

NA

GLP1_agonists

Placebo

0

0

0.86

GLP1_agonists

Sulfonylureas

0

0

0.56

Global I-squared:

  

19.40

15.67

 

Angina

Per-comparison I-squared:

DPP4_inhibitors

GLP1_agonists

67.00

52.20

0.47

DPP4_inhibitors

Placebo

0

0

NA

DPP4_inhibitors

SGLT2_inhibitors

46.17

47.17

NA

DPP4_inhibitors

Sulfonylureas

6.98

0

0.76

GLP1_agonists

Insulin

33.38

33.05

NA

GLP1_agonists

Sulfonylureas

61.08

33.03

0.53

Global I-squared:

  

30.56

26.56

 

Coronary arterial diseases

Per-comparison I-squared:

DPP4_inhibitors

GLP1_agonists

0

19.84

0.05

DPP4_inhibitors

Placebo

0

0

NA

DPP4_inhibitors

SGLT2_inhibitors

34.72

34.67

NA

DPP4_inhibitors

Sulfonylureas

32.50

28.73

0.16

GLP1_agonists

Insulin

31.44

30.88

NA

GLP1_agonists

Sulfonylureas

0

13.46

0.09

Global I-squared:

  

19.96

16.26

 
  1. t1: treatment 1, t2: treatment 2, i2.pair: i-square of pair-wise meta-analysis, i2.cons: i-square of network meta-analysis, incons.p: inconsistency p-values for pair-wise and network meta-analysis NA: not applicable.