PMID- 36607862 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230110 LR - 20230127 IS - 1536-5964 (Electronic) IS - 0025-7974 (Print) IS - 0025-7974 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Jan 6 TI - Change in left ventricular diastolic function after pioglitazone treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. PG - e32613 LID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000032613 [doi] LID - e32613 AB - BACKGROUND: Pioglitazone is currently used as an anti-diabetic agent and can reduce cardiovascular events in in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction has been recognized as an early manifestation of myocardial dysfunction in T2DM patients. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate changes in the left ventricular diastolic function after the treatment of pioglitazone. METHODS: A systematic literature search of PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library until May 2021 with keywords pioglitazone and left ventricular diastolic function was performed in accordance with the meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology guidelines and preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses statement. Three reviewers independently selected the studies and extracted data. Quality assessment of the included studies was undergone. A fixed effects model was used to calculate overall effect sizes. Subgroup analyses were subsequently performed. A fixed effects model was used to calculate the overall effect size. Subgroup analyses were then performed. RESULTS: Seven studies with 233 patients were investigated. We found pioglitazone significantly improved hemoglobin A1c (%) in patients with T2DM and left ventricular diastolic function had an improvement tendency (weighted mean difference [WMD], 0.03; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.01-0.05, P < .01) despite moderate heterogeneity (I2 = 66%). Subsequent subgroup analysis indicated that left ventricular diastolic function were significantly improved (WMD, 0.20; 95% CI, 0.12-0.29, P < .001) in T2DM patients whose average age < 55 after receiving pioglitazone treatment. However, in T2DM patients with mean age >/= 55 years, there was no significant improvement of left ventricular diastolic function (WMD, 0.02; 95% CI, 0-0.04, P = .04). CONCLUSION: Pioglitazone treatment significantly improved left ventricular diastolic function in type 2 diabetic patients with a mean age of < 55 years, but did not improve left ventricular diastolic function in patients with a mean age of >/= 55 years. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. FAU - Song, Han AU - Song H AD - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. FAU - Li, Yunye AU - Li Y AD - Department of Pharmacy, Qingdao Jiaozhou Central Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, China. FAU - Yu, Ruiming AU - Yu R AD - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. FAU - Meng, Xiangbin AU - Meng X AD - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. FAU - Bi, Yanwen AU - Bi Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1683-9727 AD - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Medicine (Baltimore) JT - Medicine JID - 2985248R RN - X4OV71U42S (Pioglitazone) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Middle Aged MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/drug therapy MH - Pioglitazone/therapeutic use MH - Systematic Reviews as Topic MH - Meta-Analysis as Topic MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Ventricular Function, Left PMC - PMC9829294 COIS- The authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to disclose. EDAT- 2023/01/07 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/11 06:00 PMCR- 2023/01/06 CRDT- 2023/01/06 13:33 PHST- 2023/01/06 13:33 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/01/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00005792-202301060-00017 [pii] AID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000032613 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Jan 6;102(1):e32613. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000032613.