ArticleNutrition & metabolism2019
Evaluation of white sweet potato tube-feeding formula in elderly diabetic patients: a randomized controlled trial.
Article in Nutrition & metabolism, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02711839 (Office of Human Research, Taipei Medical University), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Office of Human Research, Taipei Medical University
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Extract of white sweet potato tuber against TNF-α-induced insulin resistance by activating the PI3K/Akt pathway in C2C12 myotubes.Botanical studies · 2021Article
- White sweet potato ameliorates hyperglycemia and regenerates pancreatic islets in diabetic mice.Food & nutrition research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundElderly people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have an increased risk of diabetes-related microvascular and macrovascular complications, thus diabetic patients with a functioning gastrointestinal tract but without sufficient oral intake require enteral nutrition (EN) formulas to control blood glucose. White sweet potato (WSP) was a kind of sweet potato could provide a healthy carbohydrate source to EN formula. The aim of this study was to examine at risk of malnutrition T2DM patients whether a WSP-EN would attenuate glucose response and elevate nutritional index compared to a standard polymeric formulas.
methodsIn this randomized, parallel, placebo-controlled, pilot clinical trial to investigate the effects of EN with WSP on aged residents with T2DM in long-term care institutions. In total, 54 eligible participants were randomly assigned to either the non-WSP-EN or WSP-EN group. For 60 days, the WSP-EN group received a WSP formula through nasogastric tube via a stoma with a large-bore syringe. The participants received EN of standard polymeric formulas without WSP in the non-WSP-EN group.
resultsThe body weight, body mass index, Mini Nutritional Assessment score, and Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index were significantly higher in the WSP-EN group (
conclusionsThe results suggest WSP incorporated into enteral formulas can improve nutrition status and glycemic control in elderly diabetic patients.
trial registrationNCT02711839, registered 27 May 2015.
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