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Effect of phosphorus supplementation on weight gain and waist circumference of overweight/obese adults: a randomized clinical trial.
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1 findingHow to read these marks →- Decreases waist circumference
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“Simultaneously, waist circumference of the phosphorus group was significantly reduced by 3.62 cm (95% CI −4.90 to −2.33), and this reduction was significantly different (P<0.001) from the small increase of 0.38 cm (95% CI −0.44 to 1.20) in the waist circumference of the placebo group.”
- Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 3 months
- Dose studied
- three tablets containing 375 mg phosphorus with each main meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner), 12 weeks
- Population
- Overweight or obese adults aged 18-45 years (BMI 25 or above, normal kidney function) at one Beirut university; 47 completers, 26 phosphorus and 21 placebo; change from baseline to 12 weeks
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- overweight or obese adults with normal kidney function
- Participants
- 63
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 84 days
- Endpoints measured
- 27