PMID- 33126241 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210622 LR - 20240402 IS - 2156-5376 (Electronic) IS - 2161-8313 (Print) IS - 2161-8313 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Jun 1 TI - Probiotics Contribute to Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PG - 722-734 LID - 10.1093/advances/nmaa133 [doi] AB - This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of probiotics for glycemic control in adults with impaired glucose control, including prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases, and trial registries up to February 2019. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of participants with prediabetes or T2DM. Eligible trials compared probiotics versus either placebo, no intervention, or comparison probiotics, or compared synbiotics versus prebiotics. Primary outcomes were mean change in fasting blood glucose (FBG) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) from baseline to short term (<12 wk) and long term (>/=12 wk). We performed meta-analyses using the random-effects model. We included 28 RCTs (1947 participants). Overall, probiotics reduced FBG more than the placebo/no intervention group with a mean difference (MD) of -12.99 mg/dL (95% CI: -23.55, -2.42; P value: 0.016) over the short term; and -2.99 mg/dL (95% CI: -5.84, -0.13; P value: 0.040) over the long term. There was also some evidence for reduced HbA1c in the probiotics group at both short term (MD: -0.17; 95% CI: -0.37, 0.02; P value: 0.084) and long term (MD: -0.14; 95% CI: -0.34, 0.06; P value: 0.172), however, these did not reach statistical significance possibly because only a few trials reported HbA1c as an outcome. Subgroup analyses showed a greater reduction in HbA1c in participants not receiving insulin therapy than those receiving insulin therapy. Furthermore, the effect of probiotics on the reduction of FBG was more pronounced in participants with FBG >130 mg/dL and those not receiving insulin therapy than their counterparts. Probiotics were also effective in lowering serum cholesterol over the short and long term. In conclusion, we found that probiotics may have a glucose-lowering effect in T2DM participants. The effect appeared to be stronger in participants with poorly controlled diabetes and those not on insulin therapy. Systematic review registration: CRD42019121682. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society for Nutrition. FAU - Rittiphairoj, Thanitsara AU - Rittiphairoj T AD - Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. AD - Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Pongpirul, Krit AU - Pongpirul K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-9761 AD - Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. AD - Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. FAU - Janchot, Kantima AU - Janchot K AD - Panacee Group Co., Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Mueller, Noel T AU - Mueller NT AD - Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. AD - Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore, MD, USA. FAU - Li, Tianjing AU - Li T AD - Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. AD - Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. LA - eng GR - K01 HL141589/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Systematic Review PL - United States TA - Adv Nutr JT - Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) JID - 101540874 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A) RN - 0 (Insulin) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Blood Glucose MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/therapy MH - Glycated Hemoglobin MH - Glycemic Control MH - Humans MH - Insulin MH - *Probiotics/therapeutic use PMC - PMC8166562 OTO - NOTNLM OT - glycemic control OT - meta-analysis OT - probiotics OT - systematic review OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2020/10/31 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/23 06:00 PMCR- 2021/10/30 CRDT- 2020/10/30 20:16 PHST- 2020/06/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/09/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/30 20:16 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2161-8313(22)00101-6 [pii] AID - nmaa133 [pii] AID - 10.1093/advances/nmaa133 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Nutr. 2021 Jun 1;12(3):722-734. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmaa133.