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Ginkgo bilobaFinding

Ginkgo biloba has no detected effect on glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Meta-analysis of both hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)(%) (SMD=-0.15, 95%CI [-0.54, 0.24] P=0.44) and fasting serum glucose (FSG)(mmol/L) (SMD=0.07, 95%CI [-0.75, 0.88] P=0.87) showed no difference between the GKB and control.”
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 64 findings on its endpoint

Ginkgo biloba

Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.15standardised mean difference

CI −0.54 to 0.24

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/01M6ZB26HPH0X7AD887BBXV79W