White Rice and Reduced Metabolic Syndrome Risk

• Is white rice consumption a risk for metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2017-08
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 59
  • Heart Asia 9(2)
  • • Chayakrit Krittanawong
    • Anusith Tunhasiriwet
    • HongJu Zhang
    • Larry J Prokop
    • Sakkarin Chirapongsathorn
    • Tao Sun
    • Zhen Wang

  • PubMed: 29467837
  • DOI: 10.1136/heartasia-2017-010909

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Metabolic Syndrome Risk

  • High evidence

  Compared with the lowest category, the highest category of white rice consumption was only associated with 30% higher risk of MetS (pooled OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.65; p<0.001; I²=65.5%).

  Effect

  Harmful

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes