SynthesisNutrients2020
Impact of a Ketogenic Diet on Metabolic Parameters in Patients with Obesity or Overweight and with or without Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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99 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ketogenic diets and cardiovascular health balancing metabolic benefits against lipid-related risk.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Network meta-analysis of the effects of different dietary patterns on patients with metabolic syndrome.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of ketogenic diet on adipokines levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials.Acta diabetologica · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of low-carbohydrate diet on health status: an umbrella review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- Effects of ketogenic diet on health outcomes: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials.BMC medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Ketogenic Diets on Body Composition and Metabolic Parameters of Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Low carbohydrate ketogenic diets reduce cardiovascular risk factor levels in obese or overweight patients with T2DM: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- Effect of weight-maintaining ketogenic diet on glycemic control and insulin sensitivity in obese T2D subjects.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2024Trial
- A randomized feasibility trial of medium chain triglyceride-supplemented ketogenic diet in people with Parkinson's disease.BMC neurology · 2024Trial
- Improving Adherence to a Mediterranean Ketogenic Nutrition Program for High-Risk Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Trial.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Effect of acute ketosis on lipid profile in prediabetes: findings from a cross-over randomized controlled trial.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2022Trial
- A Novel Multiphase Modified Ketogenic Diet: An Effective and Safe Tool for Weight Loss in Chinese Obese Patients.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Trial
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- Comparative effects of ketogenic diets and mediterranean diets on obesity and metabolic outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- The Ketogenic Diet as Adjunctive Strategy in Cancer Treatment-Therapeutic Benefits and Metabolic Risk Using Breast Cancer as an Example.Nutrients · 2026Review
- From association to intervention: Semantic trajectories and knowledge frontiers in epilepsy-gut microbiota research revealed by bibliometrics and NLP.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2026Review
- Ketogenic diet, cardiometabolic diseases and aging.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2026Article
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Abstract
The aim of this meta-analysis was to explore the efficacy of a ketogenic diet in metabolic control in patients with overweight or obesity and with or without type 2 diabetes. Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane Library were searched for randomized controlled trials that enrolled patients with overweight or obesity on a ketogenic diet for metabolic control. Fourteen studies were included in meta-analysis. The effects of ketogenic diets on glycemic control were greater for diabetic patients relative to those of low-fat diets, indicated by lower glycated hemoglobin (SMD, -0.62;
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