SynthesisNutrients2022
Dietary Potassium Intake and Risk of Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05994313 (STARchy Staples), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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STARchy Staples: a Randomised Controlled Trial on Cardiometabolic Health
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Influence of Individual Resistance Training Variables on Muscle Strength: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of Potassium Supplementation on Endothelial Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- "Minimal-Advice" on Salt Intake: Results of a Multicentre Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial on Hypertensive Patients.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2025Trial
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Dietary Potassium Intake: A Narrative Review of Epidemiological Evidence.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Triglyceride-glucose index, HOmeostatic Model Assessment index, and new-onset hypertension in middle-aged men.Journal of hypertension · 2026Article
- The Effect of Osmotic Dehydration Conditions on the Potassium Content in Beetroot (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Potassium Intake and Bone Health: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
- 24-h urinary sodium and potassium excretions, plasma metabolomic profiles, and cardiometabolic biomarkers in the United States adults: a cross-sectional study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Potassium Intake and Human Health.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The potassium puzzle: exploring the intriguing connection to albuminuria.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Low Potassium Intake: A Common Risk Factor for Nephrolithiasis in Patients with High Blood Pressure.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2023Article
- Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
(1) Background: Dietary potassium intake is positively associated with reduction of cardiovascular risk. Several data are available on the relationship between dietary potassium intake, diabetes risk and glucose metabolism, but with inconsistent results. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of the prospective studies that explored the effect of dietary potassium intake on the risk of diabetes to overcome these limitations. (2) Methods: A random-effects dose-response meta-analysis was carried out for prospective studies. A potential non-linear relation was investigated using restricted cubic splines. (3) Results: A total of seven prospective studies met the inclusion criteria. Dose-response analysis detected a non-linear relationship between dietary potassium intake and diabetes risk, with significant inverse association starting from 2900 mg/day by questionnaire and between 2000 and 5000 mg/day by urinary excretion. There was high heterogeneity among studies, but no evidence of publication bias was found. (4) Conclusions: The results of this meta-analysis indicate that habitual dietary potassium consumption is associated with risk of diabetes by a non-linear dose-response relationship. The beneficial threshold found supports the campaigns in favour of an increase in dietary potassium intake to reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality. Further studies should be carried out to explore this topic.
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