Flax and Reduced Low-Density Lipoprotein Level

• The impact of flaxseed oil on lipid profiles, weight loss, and inflammatory markers in hemodialysis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2024-05-10
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy 28(4)
  • • Reza Tabrizi
    • Zahra Azizi
    • Sina Bazmi
    • Omid Keshavarzian
    • Maryam Akbari
    • Zeinab Karimimoghadam
    • Abdolreza Haghpanah

  • PubMed: 38726572
  • DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.14140

  8 Insights on

  • Reduced Low-Density Lipoprotein Level

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Subgroup analyses revealed significant changes in LDL-C, HDL-C, and TC levels only in trials utilizing a dosage higher than 10 g per day and using ground flaxseed oil.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  higher than 10 g per day and using ground flaxseed oil