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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Effect of glycemic control on cognitive function in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Country

Sample size Group 1/Group 2

Age (years) Group 1/Group 2

HbA1c (%) Group 1/Group 2

Duration of diabetes

Group 1/Group 2

Assessment of cognition

Study type

Ohmann 2009 [15]

Austria

36/34

14.03±2.55/

15.56±1.93

6.91±0.54/

9.29±0.40

4.39±3.10/

7.49±3.16 years

WISC-III, WAIS-R

cross-sectional

Zihl 2010 [23]

Germany

16/12

34.20±10.30/

30.50±12.80

6.80±0.50/

9.40±1.90

164.20±101.40/

197.80±146.80 months

DST, WMS-R

cross-sectional

Kaufmann 2012 [26]

Austria

15/15

14.70±4.10/

13.90±3.90

7.40±0.50/

9.20±1.20

6.80±4.50/

4.40±3.10 years

WISC-III, WAIS-R, SWM

cross-sectional

Abo-el-Asrar 2016 [24]

Egypt

17/33

11.18±1.85/

12.06±1.97

6.63±0.21/

9.35±1.69

5.47±1.55/

6.91±2.11 years

BVRT, WISC

cross-sectional

HE 2018 [25]

China

32/73

13.20±3.35/

11.85±3.37

6.60±0.69/

9.70±1.93

3.11±2.96/

2.30±2.78 years

WISC-RC, WAIS-RC

cross-sectional

STANISŁAWSKA-KUBIAK 2018 [18]

Poland

21/47

11.39±2.66/

13.35±2.31

-

4.50±2.99/

5.80±2.96 years

WISC-RC, Brickenkamp’s and Zillmer’s d2 test, The trial of 10 words

cross-sectional

  1. WISC-III Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III, WAIS-R Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, WISC-RC Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Chinese Revision, WAIS-RC Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Chinese Revision, BVRT Benton Visual Retention Test, DST Digit Symbol Test, WMS-R Revised German version of the Wechsler Memory Scale, SWM Spatial Working Memory, Group 1 Good-controlled group, Group 2 Poor-controlled group