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Meta-Analysis
. 2020 Nov;34(11):2857-2866.
doi: 10.1002/ptr.6731. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Effects of tea consumption on metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Wei Liu  1 , Chunpeng Wan  2 , Yingjie Huang  2 , Mingxi Li  2
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Meta-Analysis

Effects of tea consumption on metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Wei Liu et al. Phytother Res. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is one of the major health hazards and an epidemic worldwide. There is no known best remedy has been defined yet. In the current investigation, we designed a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) to evaluate the beneficial effects of tea consumption in alleviating metabolic syndromes. Herein, we accumulated the relevant literature available on PubMed and EMBASE databases from January, 2000 to August, 2019. RCTs bearing impact factor of at least 1 or more were studied for the effect of tea consumption on MetS. This meta-analysis suggested that tea consumption has beneficial effects on diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and this finding was characterized of all types of tea in the current study and also for body mass index (BMI) value. Furthermore, this analysis also found that black tea consumption has protective effects on systolic SBP, green tea reduces the incidence of diabetes and lower the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. These functions required BMI value at least 28 or higher. The meta data led us to conclude that tea consumption have protective effects on MetS, however, different types of tea might have different protective mechanisms on MetS, but, exact mechanisms are not yet clear and needs to be explored.

Keywords: BMI; diabetes; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; tea.

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