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Camellia sinensisFinding

Camellia sinensis has no detected effect on body mass index

no difference foundModerate evidenceFindingreplicated ×2

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over design study showed that there were no statistical difference in the levels of BMI, fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein, adiponectin and ghrelin etc. between the GTE and placebo groups after treatments.”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of green tea extract on overweight and obese women with high levels of low density-lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C): a randomised, double-blind, and cross-over placebo-controlled clinical trial.
This finding among the 83 findings on its endpoint

Camellia sinensis

Body mass index

no difference found

Who
Overweight and obese Taiwanese women aged 18-65 years with BMI 27 or above and LDL-C 130 mg/dL or above; 6-week treatment stages separated by a 14-day washout
Dose studied
One capsule 30 minutes after meals three times daily for 6 weeks; daily EGCG 856.8 mg

Moderate evidencePMID 30400924 · 2018

02 · The study

Study
crossover
Duration
6 weeks

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

BMC complementary and alternative medicine
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M7038EKSJRTTZWYP1H158VC7