Effect of low glycaemic index or load dietary patterns on glycaemic control and cardiometabolic risk factors in diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To inform the update of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes clinical practice guidelines for nutrition therapy.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library searched up to 13 May 2021.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Randomised controlled trials of three or more weeks investigating the effect of diets with low glycaemic index (GI)/glycaemic load (GL) in diabetes.

Outcome and measures

The primary outcome was glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). Secondary outcomes included other markers of glycaemic control (fasting glucose, fasting insulin); blood lipids (low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C

SUBMITTER: Chiavaroli L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8336013 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature