PapersPMID:30400924
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.
- findings
- 2
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 2
- Study, every finding
- crossover · 6 weeks
- Dose studied, every finding
- One capsule 30 minutes after meals three times daily for 6 weeks; daily EGCG 856.8 mg
- Population, every finding
- 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
No finding here moved its endpoint.
What did not
How to read these marks →“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.”
- No detected effect on triglycerides
moderatereplicated ×2
- No detected effect on body mass index
moderatereplicated ×2
Study record
- Design
- crossover trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Overweight and obese Taiwanese women (BMI >= 27 kg/m2) with LDL-C >= 130 mg/dl; green tea extract (EGCG-rich, from dried green tea leaves) versus microcrystalline cellulose placebo
- Participants
- 73
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 42 days
- Endpoints measured
- 37