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Trial reportThe American journal of clinical nutrition2010

Effect of changing the amount and type of fat and carbohydrate on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk: the RISCK (Reading, Imperial, Surrey, Cambridge, and Kings) trial.

Susan A Jebb, Julie A Lovegrove, Bruce A Griffin, Gary S Frost, Carmel S Moore, Mark D Chatfield, Les J Bluck, Christine M Williams, Thomas Ab Sanders, RISCK Study Group

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Effects of total fat intake on body fatness in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  4. Low glycaemic index diets for the prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  18. SFAs do not impair endothelial function and arterial stiffness.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Susan A JebbMedical Research Council Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom. susan.jebb@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk
Julie A Lovegrove
Bruce A Griffin
Gary S Frost
Carmel S Moore
Mark D Chatfield
Les J Bluck
Christine M Williams
Thomas Ab Sanders
RISCK Study Group

Funding

British Heart Foundation RG/08/014/24067Medical Research Council MC_U105960389Medical Research Council MC_U105960396
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInsulin sensitivity (Si) is improved by weight loss and exercise, but the effects of the replacement of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) with monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) or carbohydrates of high glycemic index (HGI) or low glycemic index (LGI) are uncertain.

objectiveWe conducted a dietary intervention trial to study these effects in participants at risk of developing metabolic syndrome.

designWe conducted a 5-center, parallel design, randomized controlled trial [RISCK (Reading, Imperial, Surrey, Cambridge, and Kings)]. The primary and secondary outcomes were changes in Si (measured by using an intravenous glucose tolerance test) and cardiovascular risk factors. Measurements were made after 4 wk of a high-SFA and HGI (HS/HGI) diet and after a 24-wk intervention with HS/HGI (reference), high-MUFA and HGI (HM/HGI), HM and LGI (HM/LGI), low-fat and HGI (LF/HGI), and LF and LGI (LF/LGI) diets.

resultsWe analyzed data for 548 of 720 participants who were randomly assigned to treatment. The median Si was 2.7 × 10(-4) mL · μU(-1) · min(-1) (interquartile range: 2.0, 4.2 × 10(-4) mL · μU(-1) · min(-1)), and unadjusted mean percentage changes (95% CIs) after 24 wk treatment (P = 0.13) were as follows: for the HS/HGI group, -4% (-12.7%, 5.3%); for the HM/HGI group, 2.1% (-5.8%, 10.7%); for the HM/LGI group, -3.5% (-10.6%, 4.3%); for the LF/HGI group, -8.6% (-15.4%, -1.1%); and for the LF/LGI group, 9.9% (2.4%, 18.0%). Total cholesterol (TC), LDL cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B concentrations decreased with SFA reduction. Decreases in TC and LDL-cholesterol concentrations were greater with LGI. Fat reduction lowered HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein A1 and B concentrations.

conclusionsThis study did not support the hypothesis that isoenergetic replacement of SFAs with MUFAs or carbohydrates has a favorable effect on Si. Lowering GI enhanced reductions in TC and LDL-cholesterol concentrations in subjects, with tentative evidence of improvements in Si in the LF-treatment group. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as ISRCTN29111298.

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AdultAgedApolipoprotein A-IApolipoproteins BCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterolCholesterol, HDLDietary CarbohydratesDietary FatsEnglandFatty AcidsFemaleGlucose Tolerance TestHumansInsulinMaleApolipoprotein A-IApolipoproteins BCholesterolCholesterol, HDLDietary CarbohydratesDietary FatsFatty AcidsInsulin

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PMID20739418
PMCPMC3594881

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