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Ginkgo bilobaFinding

Ginkgo biloba has no detected effect on LDL cholesterol

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Both low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (mmol/L) (SMD=-0.34, 95%CI [-0.73, 0.04], P=0.08) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) (mmol/L) (SMD=0.31, 95%CI [-0.60, 1.22], P=0.51) showed no difference compared to the GKB and control groups.”
Quoted verbatim from Effects and safety of Ginkgo biloba on blood metabolism in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
This finding among the 103 findings on its endpoint

Ginkgo biloba

LDL cholesterol

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.34standardised mean difference

CI −0.73 to 0.04

Who
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; pooled randomised trials, most adding the extract to metformin against metformin alone
Dose studied
not reported

Moderate evidencePMID 38264278 · 2023

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Frontiers in endocrinology
What else it reported6 findings · 0 compounds · 6 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZB25TTS3H3HXK15T1G7TCK