STUDY

DOSE

DURATION

BEFORE TREATMENT

AFTER TREATMENT

P VALUE

Riahinejad(2015)

850mg OD

3 months

9.11 ± 2.7

8.55 ± 2.49

0.035

Sahin (2007)

2550mg OD

6months

12.8 ± 5.2

12.3 ± 5.6

NS

Vrbivoka (2002)

500 mg OD initially

and increased to 1000 mg OD

1 week

10.1 ± 2.6

13.4 ± 5.1

<0.05

Haydardedeoglu (2009)

850 mg BD

6 months

8.74 ± 1.9

10.97 ± 3.31

0.002

Yilmaz (2005)

850 mg BD

3 months

13.52 ± 5.98

13.46 ± 6.01

NS

Kilicdag (2005)

850 mg BD

3 months

8.93 ± 0.49

11.26 ± 0.86

0.002

Palombo (2010)

1750 mg OD

3 months

11.1 ± 4.4

13.9 ± 3.8

<0.05

Kilic S (2010)

850 mg BD

6 months

8.99 ± 2.24

6.78 ± 2.15

<0.001

6 months (obese)

8.35 ± 2.22

6.64 ± 3.34

0.002

6 months (non-obese)