Blood Orange and Reduced Carotid Intima-Media Thickness

• Circulating Lycopene and β-Carotene Levels Are Inversely Associated with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2026-03-25
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Nutrients 18(7)
  • • Iván Cavero-Redondo
    • Alicia Saz-Lara
    • Andrea Del Saz-Lara
    • Óscar Martínez-Cifuentes
    • Iris Otero-Luis
    • Ana González-Collado
    • Juan Pablo Rey-López

  • PubMed: 41978094
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu18071043

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Carotid Intima-Media Thickness

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Mixed

  In contrast, β-carotene was only marginally associated with IMT (pooled OR = 0.96; 95% CI: 0.92-0.99; I² = 72.6%).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No