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Coffea arabica has no detected effect on LDL cholesterol

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Considering 15 effect sizes from 12 studies which included 642 participants, no significant effect of GCE supplementation on serum concentrations of LDL was found (WMD: -2.02, 95% CI: − 5.58, 1.54 mg/dL, P = 0.26, I 2: 47.6, P = 0.02).”
Quoted verbatim from The effects of green coffee extract supplementation on glycemic indices and lipid profile in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of clinical trials.
This finding among the 103 findings on its endpoint

Coffea arabica

LDL cholesterol

no difference found

Effect as reported

−2.02mean difference

CI −5.58 to 1.54

Who
n = 642 · Adults (18 years and over) in placebo-controlled trials of green coffee extract lasting at least 2 weeks; participants healthy or overweight, obese, dyslipidaemic, hypertensive, with metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, impaired glucose tolerance or xerotic skin
Dose studied
GCE 90 to 6000 mg/day, CGA 13.5 to 1200 mg/day

Moderate evidencePMID 32665012 · 2020

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Participants
642
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

Nutrition journal
What else it reported5 findings · 0 compounds · 5 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZKPSEJXB3Z2582SVQ2WVYT