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Table 1 Characteristics of the study populations in the clinical studies enrolled in the meta-analysis

From: Therapeutic efficacy of umbilical cord-derived stem cells for diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis study

Name of the study

Type of DM

Type of intervention

Injected cells’ count

Route of delivery

Number of patientsN (Males/Females)

Mean age (year)

Mean duration of DM

Total follow-up period (year)

Country

Reference

Hu et al., 2013

T1DM

WJ-MSCs (Allogenic)

1.5–3.2 × 107

IV – Parenteral solution

Twice, 4 weeks interval

SC group: 15 (9/6)

Control group: 14 (8/6)

17.6 ± 8.7

18.2 ± 7.9

Newly onset - not more than 6 months

2

China

[35]

Hu et al., 2016

T2DM

WJ-MSCs (Allogenic)

1 × 106/kg

IV – Parenteral solution

Twice, 4 weeks interval

SC group: 31 (17/14)

Control group: 30 (16/14)

52.4 ± 4.9

53.2 ± 8.2

8.9 ± 5.7 year

8.3 ± 6.07 year

3

China

[36]

Liu et al., 2014

T2DM

WJ-MSCs (Allogenic)

1 × 106/kg

1 IV and 1 IPA endovascular injection, 5 days interval

SC group: 22 (15/7)

52.9 ± 10.5

8.7 ± 4.3 year

1

China

[37]

Guan et al., 2015

T2DM

WJ-MSCs (Allogenic)

1 × 106/kg

IV infusion

Twice, 2 weeks interval

SC group: 6 (6/0)

40.5 ± 3.76

3.6 ± 1.9 year

2

China

[38]

Cai et al., 2016

T1DM

WJ-MSCs

(Allogenic) plus BM-MNCs (Autologous)

1.1 × 106/kg

WJ-MSCs plus

106.8 × 106/kg BM-MNCs

IPA (Once)

SC group: 21 (9/12)

Control group: 21 (11/10)

18.3 ± 5.2

20.4 ± 3.7

9.2 ± 4.8 year

7 ± 3.3 year

1

USA

[39]

Chen et al., 2016 (Article Chinese – English Abstract)

T2DM

WJ-MSCs (Allogenic) plus Liraglutide

1 × 106 cells/kg

IPA infusion on the first day followed by IV infusion on the 8th, 15th and 22nd day

SC group: 6 (NA)

Control group: 6 (NA)

NA

Not more than 10 years

6 months

China

[40]

Haller et al., 2013

T1DM

UCB (Autologous) plus vitamin D + DHA

1.1 × 107 cells/kg

IV (Once)

SC group: 10 (8/2)

Control group: 5 (3/2)

6–7

Newly diagnosed

1

USA

[41]

Giannopoulou et al., 2013

T1DM

UCB (Autologous)

3.89 × 107 cells/kg

IV (Once)

SC group: 7 (5/2)

Control group: 10 (4/6)

3.3 ± 1.3

6.9 ± 2.3

Newly diagnosed

1

Germany

[42]

Haller et al., 2011

T1DM

UCB (Autologous)

1.88 × 107 cells/kg

IV (Once)

SC group: 24 (10/14)

5.1 ± 2.8

0.32 ± 0.26 years

2

USA

[43]

Haller et al., 2009

T1DM

UCB (Autologous)

1.5 × 107 cells/kg

IV (Once)

SC group: 15 (8/7)

5.2 ± 3.4

6 months

1

USA

[44]

Tong et al., 2013

T2DM

UCB (Allogenic)

2.88 × 106 cells/kg

IPA (Once)

SC group: 3 (3/0)

40.7 ± 5.5

6.6 ± 5.6 year

6 months

China

[45]

  1. Abbreviations: WJ-MSCs Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells, UCB umbilical cord blood, BM-MNCs bone marrow-mononuclear cells, T1DM type 1 diabetes mellitus, T2DM type 1 diabetes mellitus, IV intravenous, IPA intra-pancreatic artery, and DHA docosahexaenoic acid