PapersPMID:40298161
The Effect of the L-Carnitine Supplementation on Obesity Indices: An Umbrella Meta-Analysis.
- findings
- 2
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 2
(R)-carnitine- Study, every finding
- meta-analysis
- Population, every finding
- Participants of the trials pooled in eight meta-analyses (umbrella meta-analysis; 16,352 participants, L-carnitine 150 to 4000 mg/day, 8 to 30 weeks)
What moved
How to read these marks →“The pooled results of the eight included meta-analyses indicated that L-carnitine supplementation can significantly decrease weight (effect size (ES) = -1.11; 95% confidence intervals (CIs): -1.90, -0.33, p = 0.005; I2 = 90.6%, p < 0.001), BMI (ES = -0.33; 95% CI: -0.61, -0.04, p = 0.026; I2 = 89.8%, p < 0.001), and WC (ES = -1.34; 95% CI: -1.83, -0.85, p < 0.001; I2 = 00.0%, p = 0.442).”
- Decreases body mass
very limited
- Decreases body mass index
very limitedreplicated ×2
Study record
- Design
- meta-analysis
- Species
- human
- Population
- participants of trials included in eight meta-analyses of L-carnitine on anthropometric indices
- Participants
- 16,352
- Comparator
- not stated in the paper / placebo
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 3