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Lycium barbarum decreases triglycerides

lowersVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Compared to the control, groups which consumed wolfberry showed a reduction in blood triglycerides [WMDpooled (95% confidence interval): - 0.14 (- 0.19, - 0.09) mmol/L] and increased blood high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [WMDpooled: 0.06 (0.02, 0.09) mmol/L].”
Quoted verbatim from Cardiovascular disease risk reduction with wolfberry consumption: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
This finding among the 108 findings on its endpoint

Lycium barbarum

Triglycerides

lowers

Effect as reported

−0.14mean difference

CI −0.19 to −0.09

Who
Participants of 10 randomised controlled trials of wolfberry consumption, whole wolfberry and wolfberry extract trials pooled
Dose studied
not reported

Very limited evidencePMID 34839399 · 2022

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

European journal of nutrition
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M708A8Z8HJZR9MGBFGZGVTHS