Plum and Reduced Low-Density Lipoprotein Level

• Plum supplementation and lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

  • 2023
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Journal of nutritional science 12
  • • Moein Askarpour
    • Hamid Ghalandari
    • Leila Setayesh
    • Ehsan Ghaedi

  • PubMed: 36721717
  • DOI: 10.1017/jns.2022.101

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Low-Density Lipoprotein Level

  • High evidence

  plum supplementation reduces the LDL-c levels in the pooled sample (WMD = -11⋅52 mg/dl; 95 % CI -21⋅93, -1⋅11, P = 0⋅03, I² = 98⋅7 %)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

• The effects of plum products consumption on lipid profile in adults: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.

  • 2024-02-25
  • Review
  • Food science & nutrition 12(5)
  • • Azadeh Heydarian
    • Negin Tahvilian
    • Omid Asbaghi
    • Sahar Cheshmeh
    • Maryam Nadery
    • Naheed Aryaeian

  • PubMed: 38726435
  • DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4000

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Low-Density Lipoprotein Level

  • Low evidence
  • Adults

  eating plum significantly lowers LDL levels compared to controls (WMD: -12.50 mg/dL, 95% CI: -22.06, -2.94, p = .010)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  not stated