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Camellia sinensis has no detected effect on total cholesterol (TC)

no difference foundModerate evidenceFindingreplicated ×1

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“As shown in, the consumption of black tea did not significantly lower TC concentrations in healthy subjects based on both fixed-effects analysis (−3.76 mg/dL; 95% CI, −7.67 to 0.16 mg/dL; P = 0.06) and random-effects analysis (−2.85 mg/dL; 95% CI, −8.02 to 2.31 mg/dL; P = 0.28).”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of black tea consumption on blood cholesterol: a meta-analysis of 15 randomized controlled trials.
This finding among the 116 findings on its endpoint

Camellia sinensis

Total cholesterol (TC)

no difference found

Who
Healthy subjects in 11 pooled randomised trials (parallel and crossover designs; 5 black tea extract, 6 black tea leaf)
Dose studied
Black tea polyphenols 77.5 to 1350 mg/d across trials; trials 3 weeks to 6 months

Moderate evidencePMID 25237889 · 2014

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

PloS one
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZWCE1H6J2G9JTBSGRQE2MB