flaxseed and Reduced Apolipoprotein B Levels

• Does flaxseed supplementation affect apo-lipoproteins? A GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2024-10
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators 174
  • • Sasan Pourbagher Benam
    • Seyedsaber Mirabdali
    • Negar Ebrahimi
    • Maziar Daneshvar
    • Shima Vahedi
    • Fateme Abbasifard
    • Mahsa Rounagh

  • PubMed: 39002708
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2024.106872

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Apolipoprotein B Levels

  • High evidence

  flaxseed supplementation significantly reduced apo-BI (SMD: -0.57; 95% CI: -0.95, -0.19, p = 0.003; I² = 83.2%, heterogeneity p < 0.001)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  flaxseed supplementation