Table 6 Difference in means between treatment and control groups for LDL at final follow-up

Cabral et al. [57]

− 0.99 mmol/L*

− 2.40 to 0.42

Caraccio et al. [58]

− 0.30 mmol/L*

− 0.83 to 0.23

Duman et al. [60]

0.11 mmol/L*

− 0.89 to 1.11

Iqbal et al. [62]

0.00 mmol/L*

− 0.47 to 0.47

Liu et al. [64]

− 0.12 mmol/L**

− 0.32 to 0.08

Mikhail et al. [66]

− 0.21 mmol/L*

− 0.46 to 0.03

Monzani et al. [68]

− 1.23 mmol/L*

− 2.32 to − 0.13

Nagasaki et al. [69]

− 0.22 mmol/L**

− 0.70 to 0.26

Teixeira et al. [74, 75]

− 0.63 mmol/L*

− 1.90 to 0.64