Effect of xanthophyll-rich food and supplement intake on visual outcomes in healthy adults and those with eye disease: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials.
- 2023-04-24
- Meta-Analysis
- Nutrition reviews 82(1)
- Weili Hu
- Pavitra Shankar
- Yuanhang Yao
- Xinyi Su
- Jung Eun Kim
- PubMed: 37094947
- DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuad037
- High evidence
Xanthophyll intake enhanced macular pigment optical density (MPOD) for both heterochromatic flicker photometry (weighted mean difference [WMD], 0.05; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.03-0.07) and autofluorescence imaging (WMD, 0.08; 95%CI, 0.05-0.11) measurements
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes