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Limnospira platensisFinding

Limnospira platensis has no detected effect on HDL cholesterol

no difference foundModerate evidenceFindingreplicated ×3

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“HDL significantly increased in both intervention and control group (P < 0.05), although mean differences of change in serum HDL-c between groups were not significant (P = 0.514).”
Quoted verbatim from The effects of Spirulina Platensis on anthropometric indices, appetite, lipid profile and serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in obese individuals: a randomized double blinded placebo controlled trial.
This finding among the 93 findings on its endpoint

Limnospira platensis

HDL cholesterol

no difference found

Who
Obese adults aged 20 to 50 years (BMI 30 or above); 56 completers; placebo was starch pills
Dose studied
500 mg twice daily (1 g/day)

Moderate evidencePMID 28431534 · 2017

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
3 months

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

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71KW38YXA5D6VQ260SRFM2E