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SynthesisAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2021

The Impact of Low Advanced Glycation End Products Diet on Metabolic Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Mohammad Hasan Sohouli, Somaye Fatahi, Elham Sharifi-Zahabi, Heitor O Santos, Nishant Tripathi, Abolfazl Lari, Behnaz Pourrajab, Hamed Kord-Varkaneh, Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, Farzad Shidfar

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Synthesis in Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Mohammad Hasan SohouliStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Public Health Branch, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Somaye FatahiStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Public Health Branch, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Elham Sharifi-ZahabiDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Heitor O SantosSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil.
Nishant TripathiUniversity of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA.
Abolfazl LariStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Public Health Branch, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Behnaz PourrajabStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Public Health Branch, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamed Kord-VarkanehDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mihnea-Alexandru GămanCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
Farzad ShidfarDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-6531-9253
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RONational Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute · IRUniversidade Federal de Uberlândia · BRUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several randomized clinical trials have investigated the effect of dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs) on metabolic syndrome risk factors in adults. However, the results of these studies were conflicting. Therefore, our aim was to assess the effect of dietary AGEs on metabolic syndrome risk factors. We searched the PubMed-MEDLINE, Scopus, Cochrane Databases, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Embase databases for papers published up to October 2019 that investigated the effect of dietary AGEs on metabolic syndrome risk factors. From the eligible trials, 13 articles were selected for inclusion in this systematic review and meta-analysis. The meta-analysis was performed using a random-effects model. Heterogeneity was determined by I2 statistics and Cochrane Q test. Pooled results from the random-effects model showed a significant reduction for insulin resistance [weighted mean difference (WMD): -1.204; 95% CI: -2.057, -0.358; P = 0.006], fasting insulin (WMD: -5.472 μU/mL; 95% CI: -9.718, -1.234 μU/mL; P = 0.011), total cholesterol (WMD: -5.486 mg/dL; 95% CI: -10.222, -0.747 mg/dL; P = 0.023), and LDL (WMD: -6.263 mg/dL; 95% CI: -11.659, -0.866 mg/dL; P = 0.023) in the low-AGEs groups compared with the high-AGEs groups. There were no changes in the other components of the metabolic syndrome. The results of this review suggest that a diet with a low AGEs content has beneficial effects on insulin resistance, fasting insulin, total cholesterol, and LDL. Moreover, following a diet low in AGEs may be a helpful strategy to decrease the burden of metabolic syndrome risk factors in adults and particularly in patients with diabetes.

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Insulin ResistanceMetabolic SyndromeAdultDietGlycation End Products, AdvancedHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicGlycation End Products, Advanceddietary advanced glycation end productsmeta-analysismetabolic syndromerandomized controlled trialssystematic review

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PMID33253361
PMCPMC8166565
OpenAlexW3109902844

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