Bitter Melon and Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

• The Effects of Bitter Melon ( Mormordica charantia ) on Lipid Profile: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

  • 2024-10-23
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 423
  • Phytotherapy research : PTR 38(12)
  • • Mohammad Reza Amini
    • Niloufar Rasaei
    • Moharam Jalalzadeh
    • Sanaz Pourreza
    • Azita Hekmatdoost

  • PubMed: 39444254
  • DOI: 10.1002/ptr.8357

  4 Insights on

  • Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  and HDL-C concentrations (WMD; 0.54 mg/dL; CI: -2.38 to 3.45, p = 0.71)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No