Chocolate consumption and cardiometabolic disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association of chocolate consumption with the risk of developing cardiometabolic disorders.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studies.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, PubMed, CINAHL, IPA, Web of Science, Scopus, Pascal, reference lists of relevant studies to October 2010, and email contact with authors.

Study selection

Randomised trials and cohort, case-control, and cross sectional studies carried out in human adults, in which the association between chocolate consumption and the risk of outcomes related to cardiometabolic disorders were reported.

Data extraction

Data were extracted by two independent investigators, and a consensus was reached with the in

SUBMITTER: Buitrago-Lopez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3163382 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature