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Momordica charantiaFinding

Momordica charantia has no detected effect on LDL cholesterol

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“There was no evidence of significant effects of M. charantia on HDL (MD = −0.02; 95% CI: −0.12 to 0.09; I2 = 0%), LDL (MD = −0.01; 95% CI: −0.22 to 0.19; I2 = 0%), total cholesterol (MD = −0.04; 95% CI: −0.27 to 0.19; I2 = 0%) and triglyceride levels (MD = −0.09; 95% CI: −0.39 to 0.20; I2 = 22%) (Supplementary Figure S3).”
Quoted verbatim from The metabolic effect of Momordica charantia cannot be determined based on the available clinical evidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
This finding among the 103 findings on its endpoint

Momordica charantia

LDL cholesterol

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.01mean difference

CI −0.22 to 0.19

Who
Adults with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes in placebo-controlled randomised trials; analysis of post-intervention values
Dose studied
daily dose 2–6 g fruit or extract of fruit equivalent to 9 g fruit

Moderate evidencePMID 38274207 · 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 nutrition
What else it reported6 findings · 0 compounds · 6 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZD8NPWW37F9C6JP0TNQK8A