Authors
Katherine Esposito, Maria Ida Maiorino, Giuseppe Bellastella, Paolo Chiodini, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Dario Giugliano
Publication date
2015/8/1
Source
BMJ open
Volume
5
Issue
8
Pages
e008222
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Objectives
To summarise the evidence about the efficacy of a Mediterranean diet on the management of type 2 diabetes and prediabetic states.
Design
A systematic review of all meta-analyses and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared the Mediterranean diet with a control diet on the treatment of type 2 diabetes and prediabetic states was conducted. Electronic searches were carried out up to January 2015. Trials were included for meta-analyses if they had a control group treated with another diet, if they were of sufficient duration (at least 6 months), and if they had at least 30 participants in each arm. A random-effect model was used to pool data.
Participants
Adults with or at risk for type 2 diabetes.
Interventions
Dietary patterns that described themselves as using a ‘Mediterranean’ dietary pattern.
Outcome measures
The outcomes were glycaemic control, cardiovascular risk factors and remission from the …
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