Trial reportESC heart failure2021
High-protein vs. standard-protein diets in overweight and obese patients with heart failure and diabetes mellitus: findings of the Pro-HEART trial.
Trial report in ESC heart failure, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026Guideline
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- High-Protein Dietary Interventions in Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of Clinical and Functional Outcomes.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of dietary carbohydrate intake on glycaemic control and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative effects of different macronutrient compositions for type 2 diabetes management: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of High Protein Diets on Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Low-carbohydrate versus balanced-carbohydrate diets for reducing weight and cardiovascular risk.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Patient-reported barriers to dietary adherence in heart failure: a qualitative substudy of the Pro-HEART trial.European journal of cardiovascular nursing · 2026Trial
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- High-protein vs. standard-protein diets in overweight and obese patients with heart failure and diabetes mellitus: findings of the Pro-HEART trial.ESC heart failure · 2021Trial
- Hidden Malnutrition in Overweight and Obese Individuals with Chronic Heart Failure: Insights from the Pro-HEART Trial.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Lifestyle interventions in cardiometabolic HFpEF: dietary and exercise modalities.Heart failure reviews · 2025Review
- Heart failure and obesity: Translational approaches and therapeutic perspectives. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC.European journal of heart failure · 2025Article
- The dual challenge of diabesity: pathophysiology, management, and future directions.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- The Role of Dietary Education in Cardiac Rehabilitation.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Weight Loss Programs: Why Do They Fail? A Multidimensional Approach for Obesity Management.Current nutrition reports · 2024Review
- A Saudi Heart Association Position Statement on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes Mellitus.Journal of the Saudi Heart Association · 2024Article
- The role of different nutrients in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Dietary Composition, Angiographic Coronary Disease, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the WISE Study (Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation).Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimsThe intermediate-term effects of dietary protein on cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight and obese patients with heart failure and diabetes mellitus are unknown. We compared the effect of two calorie-restricted diets on cardiometabolic risk factors in this population. METHODS AND
resultsIn this randomized controlled study, 76 overweight and obese (mean weight, 107.8 ± 20.8 kg) patients aged 57.7 ± 9.7 years, 72.4% male, were randomized to a high-protein (30% protein, 40% carbohydrates, and 30% fat) or standard-protein diet (15% protein, 55% carbohydrates, and 30% fat) for 3 months. Reductions in weight and cardiometabolic risks were evaluated at 3 months. Both diets were equally effective in reducing weight (3.6 vs. 2.9 kg) and waist circumference (1.9 vs. 1.3 cm), but the high-protein diet decreased to a greater extent glycosylated haemoglobin levels (0.7% vs. 0.1%, P = 0.002), cholesterol (16.8 vs. 0.9 mg/dL, P = 0.031), and triglyceride (25.7 vs. 5.7 mg/dL, P = 0.032), when compared with the standard-protein diet. The high-protein diet also significantly improved both systolic and diastolic blood pressure than the standard-protein diet (P < 0.001 and P = 0.040, respectively).
conclusionsBoth energy-restricted diets reduced weight and visceral fat. However, the high-protein diet resulted in greater reductions in cardiometabolic risks relative to a standard-protein diet. These results suggest that a high-protein diet may be more effective in reducing cardiometabolic risk in this population, but further trials of longer duration are needed.
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