Papers/PMID:34371867
Folic Acid Supplementation Improves Glycemic Control for Diabetes Prevention and Management: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Nutrients2021The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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folic acid — decreases fasting blood glucose
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.Finding“Results revealed significant reductions in FBG (weighted mean difference (WMD): -2.17 mg/dL, 95% CI: -3.69, -0.65, p = 0.005), fasting insulin (WMD: -1.63 pmol/L, 95% CI: -2.53, -0.73, p < 0.001), and HOMA-IR (WMD: -0.40, 95% CI: -0.70, -0.09, p = 0.011) following folic acid supplementation.”
Quoted verbatim from Folic Acid Supplementation Improves Glycemic Control for Diabetes Prevention and Management: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Adults in randomized controlled trials of folic acid supplementation (pooled, 24 studies)
Effect -2.17 mean difference, 95% CI -3.69 to -0.65
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