Papers/PMID:20192914
A pilot study of chromium picolinate for weight loss.
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2010The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
1 finding
chromium(3+) — no detected effect on body mass index
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.FindingNull resultreplicated ×1“No change was seen in BMI after 24 weeks in the intervention as compared to placebo (chromium = 0.1 +/- 0.2 kg/m(2) versus placebo = 0.0 +/- 0.5 kg/m(2); p = 0.81).”
Quoted verbatim from A pilot study of chromium picolinate for weight loss.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 6 months
- Dose
- 1000 mcg chromium picolinate daily
- Population
- Otherwise healthy overweight adults (mean BMI about 36 kg/m2); 24 weeks of chromium picolinate versus placebo, with passive nutritional education at week 12 in both arms; 24-week timepoint
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