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glycineFinding

Glycine decreases glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)

lowersVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“A1C levels of patients given glycine were significantly lower after 3 months of treatment than those of the placebo group.”

Quoted verbatim from Glycine treatment decreases proinflammatory cytokines and increases interferon-gamma in patients with type 2 diabetes.

This finding among the 64 findings on its endpoint

glycine

Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)

lowers

Who: Patients with type 2 diabetes, mean age 58.5 years, mean baseline A1C 8%
Dose studied: 5 g/d glycine, po tid, for 3 months

Very limited evidencePMID 18852529 · 2008

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 3 months

Evidence, by strength

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moderate
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very limitedthis finding
insufficient

03 · The paper

Journal of endocrinological investigation

Glycine treatment decreases proinflammatory cytokines and increases interferon-gamma in patients with type 2 diabetes.

2008PMID 18852529doi 10.1007/BF03346417

What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZK953ZF1BSQM4EG5APYA8T