Review Article

Efficacy and Safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on the Method of “Nourishing Kidney and Clearing Heat” as Adjuvant in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Periodontitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the included study.

Author (year)Sample size Expt./CtrlAverage age (y) Expt./CtrlGender male/femaleDiagnosticsIntervention measuresFollow-upOutcomes
Expt.CtrlExperimentControlPrimarySecondary

Chi (2014)36/3251.6/52.119/1717/15A + BBushen Jianpi Huoxue decoction + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC3 m➀➁➂➃
Diao (2017)60/6058.1/57.628/3226/34A + BBushen decoction + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC + antibiotic14 d➀➁➂➃
Lu (2020)60/6061.5/62.835/2533/27A + BGanluyin decoction + PBT + BSC + ATPBT + BSC + antibiotic2 m➀➁➂➃➅➆➇
Wang (2016)56/5650.4/50.458/54A + BLiuwei Dihuang Pills + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC6 m➁➂➄➇
Sun (2007)70/7060/80A + BLiuwei Dihuang Pills + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC6 m➀➁➂
Meng (2011)42/4256.43/56.4338/46A + BQingre Ziyin Huoxue decoction + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC2 m➀➁➂➃
Zhao (2016)58/5451.56/51.2428/3028/26A + BShuanghua Boheyin decoction + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC1 m➀➃➅➆
Niu (2017)38/3863.8/63.845/31A + BZhibai Dihuang pill + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC + antibiotic28 d➀➂➃➄➇
Wang (2019)45/4554.71/54.4516/2916/29A + BZhibai Dihuang pill + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC + antibiotic4 w➀➂➃➄➇➈
He (2018)30/3053.76/53.7217/1316/14A + BZhibai Dihuang pill + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC + antibiotic8 w➀➁➃➅➆
Fan (2013)51/5154.7/54.233/1829/22A + BZini Yangyin Qingre Huoxue decoction + PBT + BSCPBT + BSC + antibiotic8 w➀➁➂➃

Expt: experimental group; Ctrl: control group; (A): diagnostic criteria for diabetes: It meets the WHO diagnostic criteria for diabetes in 1999, and its types are not limited; (B): diagnostic criteria for periodontitis: it conforms to the diagnostic criteria of chronic periodontitis in the 1999 American Periodontal Classification Standard, and the degree is unlimited; PBT: periodontal basic treatment; BSC: blood sugar control; ➀PD/PPD: probing pocket depth; ➁PLI: plaque index; ➂AL/CAL: clinical attachment loss; ➃SBI: sulcular bleeding index; ➄TM: tooth mobility; ➅HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; ➆FBG: fasting blood glucose; ➇total effective rate; ➈adverse effects.