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Investigating the Effects of Vaccinium myrtillus Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Indices: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Phytotherapy research2025The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidenceno difference foundFasting blood glucose

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • “Combining five effect sizes from the five trials on long-term effects of bilberry administration compared with controls resulted in a non-significant decrease in FBG (WMD: -0.08 mmol/L, 95% CI: -0.22 to 0.07, p = 0.30).”
    Study
    meta-analysis
    Effect
    −0.08 mean difference, 95% CI −0.22 to 0.07
    Population
    Adults in five randomized trials of bilberry supplementation lasting at least 1 week, pooled long-term analysis

Study record

Design
meta-analysis
Species
human
Population
Adults in randomized clinical trials of bilberry supplementation for at least 1 week; bilberry preparations not named in the abstract
Participants
409
Comparator
not stated in the paper
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
15