Meta-analysis of the effect of β-glucan intake on blood cholesterol and glucose levels

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1008-1016

  Tiwari, Uma ^a   Cummins, Enda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Glucan; Blood cholesterol; Blood glucose; Dose response; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; LATIN SQUARE DESIGN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OAT; OBESITY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AVENA SATIVA; BETA-GLUCANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HORDEUM; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

AVENA; HORDEUM;

EID: 80052711230     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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