Phosphate(3-) decreases waist circumference

lowersModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Simultaneously, waist circumference of the phosphorus group was significantly reduced by 3.62 cm (95% CI −4.90 to −2.33), and this reduction was significantly different (P<0.001) from the small increase of 0.38 cm (95% CI −0.44 to 1.20) in the waist circumference of the placebo group.”

Quoted verbatim from Effect of phosphorus supplementation on weight gain and waist circumference of overweight/obese adults: a randomized clinical trial.

This finding among the 16 findings on its endpoint

phosphate(3-)

Waist circumference

lowers

Who: Overweight or obese adults aged 18-45 years (BMI 25 or above, normal kidney function) at one Beirut university; 47 completers, 26 phosphorus and 21 placebo; change from baseline to 12 weeks
Dose studied: three tablets containing 375 mg phosphorus with each main meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner), 12 weeks

Moderate evidencePMID 26690287 · 2015

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 3 months

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03 · The paper

Nutrition & diabetes

Effect of phosphorus supplementation on weight gain and waist circumference of overweight/obese adults: a randomized clinical trial.

2015PMID 26690287doi 10.1038/nutd.2015.38

What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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