Papers/PMID:36721717
Plum supplementation and lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Journal of nutritional science2023The record
3 findings · 1 compound · 3 endpoints · 2 null
What it reported
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1 finding
Prunus domestica — decreases LDL cholesterol
Evidence strength: moderate.Finding“Plum supplementation was found to significantly reduce serum levels of LDL-c, using an inverse variance method.”
Quoted verbatim from Plum supplementation and lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Adults in nine eligible randomised trials (nine arms) pooled across healthy, hypercholesterolaemic and hypertensive participants; dried plum and plum juice pooled
Plum supplementation and lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.2023PMID:3672171710.1017/jns.2022.101Permalink
What did not
2 findings
Prunus domestica — no detected effect on total cholesterol (TC)
Evidence strength: moderate.FindingNull result“The final result of the meta-analysis with 10 arms of RCTs (362 cases and 400 control subjects) showed that plum supplementation had no significant effect with considerable heterogeneity between studies on TC serum levels.”
Quoted verbatim from Plum supplementation and lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Adults in ten trial arms pooled across healthy, hypercholesterolaemic and hypertensive participants; dried plum and plum juice pooled
Plum supplementation and lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.2023PMID:3672171710.1017/jns.2022.101Permalink
Prunus domestica — no detected effect on triglycerides
Evidence strength: moderate.FindingNull result“Using pooled effect size on 11 arms of trial studies (391 cases and 429 control subjects), the results illustrated that plum supplementation exerts no significant effect on TG levels.”
Quoted verbatim from Plum supplementation and lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Adults in eleven trial arms pooled across healthy, hypercholesterolaemic and hypertensive participants; dried plum and plum juice pooled
Plum supplementation and lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.2023PMID:3672171710.1017/jns.2022.101Permalink