PapersPMID:34743773
Betaine supplementation fails to improve body composition: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- findings
- 2
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 2
glycine betaine- Study, every finding
- meta-analysis
- Population, every finding
- Adults in trials of betaine supplementation versus control, all ages, sexes and health statuses pooled
No finding here moved its endpoint.
What did not
How to read these marks →“Betaine supplementation failed to significantly affect BM ((weighted mean difference (WMD): -0·40 kg, 95 % CI -1·46, 0·64), P = 0·447), BMI ((WMD: -0·05 kg/m2, 95 % CI -0·36, 0·25), P = 0·719), BFP ((WMD: 0·26 %, 95 % CI -0·82, 1·36), P = 0·663), FM ((WMD: -0·57 kg, 95 % CI -2·14, 0·99), P = 0·473) and FFM ((WMD: 0·61 kg, 95 % CI -1·27, 2·49), P = 0·527).”
- No detected effect on body mass index
very limited
- Effect
- −0.05 mean difference, 95% CI −0.36 to 0.25
- No detected effect on lean body mass
very limited
- Effect
- 0.61 mean difference, 95% CI −1.27 to 2.49
Study record
- Design
- meta-analysis
- Species
- human
- Population
- participants in studies of betaine supplementation and body composition
- Participants
- not reported
- Comparator
- not stated in the paper
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 6