Trial reportNutrients2018
A Comparison of a Pulse-Based Diet and the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Diet in Combination with Exercise and Health Counselling on the Cardio-Metabolic Risk Profile in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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A Lifestyle Intervention for Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Role of a Pulse-Based Diet and Aerobic Exercise on Infertility Measures and Metabolic Syndrome Risk
A Comparison of a Pulse-Based Diet and the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Diet on Reproductive and Metabolic Parameters in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Who cites it
48 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nutrition interventions in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review.European journal of nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Optimizing carbohydrate quality: a path to better health for women with PCOS.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Legume intakes on cardiometabolic profile and gut microbiome function: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials.European journal of nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of high-protein diets on the cardiometabolic factors and reproductive hormones of women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition & diabetes · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Chickpeas on Blood Sugar: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- The Effect of Non-Oil Seed Legume Intake on Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Comparison of dietary and physical activity behaviors in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 39 471 women.Human reproduction update · 2022Pooled it
- Do Common Beans (Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Temporal Associations Among Body Mass Index, Fasting Insulin, and Systemic Inflammation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Dietary Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load on Cardiometabolic and Reproductive Profiles in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
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- Effect of two types of time-restricted eating on glycemic, lipid indices, and weight in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
- Time-restricted eating for body weight management in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.Nature medicine · 2026Trial
- Eight-hour time-restricted feeding improves endocrine and metabolic profiles in women with anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome.Journal of translational medicine · 2021Trial
- Weight Reduction Through a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Lifestyle Intervention in PCOS: The Primary Outcome of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
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- Greater Intake of Pulses Is Associated with Lower Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Diseases among Adults in the United States: NHANES, 1999 to 2018.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Time-restricted eating plus calorie-restricted diet versus calorie-restricted diet in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.iScience · 2025Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
We compared the effects of a low-glycemic index pulse-based diet, containing lentils, beans, split peas, and chickpeas, to the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) diet on cardio-metabolic measures in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Ninety-five women (18⁻35 years) enrolled in a 16-week intervention; 30 women in the pulse-based and 31 in the TLC groups completed the study. Women participated in aerobic exercise training (minimum 5 days/week for 45 min/day) and were counselled (monthly) about PCOS and lifestyle modification. Women underwent longitudinal follow-up post-intervention. The pulse-based group had a greater reduction in total area under the curve for insulin response to a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (mean change ± SD: -121.0 ± 229.9 vs. -27.4 ± 110.2 µIU/mL × min;
trial registrationCinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT01288638.
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