PapersPMID:42968062
Effects of ginger intervention on anthropometric and body composition indices in patients with type 2 diabetes: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- findings
- 2
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 2
- no difference found
- 1
- Study, every finding
- meta-analysis
- Dose studied, every finding
- 1-3 g/day for 4-12 weeks
- Population, every finding
- Adults with type 2 diabetes; random-effects pool of RCTs of oral ginger versus placebo or control
What moved
How to read these marks →- Decreases body mass index
moderate
“The pooled effect of ginger supplementation slightly but significantly reduced BMI in type 2 diabetes patients (WMD = − 0.24 kg/m²; 95% CI: −0.48, − 0.00; p = 0.043), with substantial heterogeneity across studies (p < 0.001, I² = 75.8%).”
- Effect
- −0.24 mean difference, 95% CI −0.48 to 0
What did not
- No detected effect on body mass
moderate
“The pooled effect of ginger supplementation showed no significant change in BW of type 2 diabetes patients (WMD = − 0.02 kg; 95% CI: −0.15, 0.10; p = 0.693), with no evidence of heterogeneity among studies (p = 0.992, I² = 0.00%).”
- Effect
- −0.02 mean difference, 95% CI −0.15 to 0.1
Study record
- Design
- meta-analysis
- Species
- human
- Population
- Adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Participants
- 692
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 20