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SynthesisNutrients2020

Association between Egg Consumption and Cholesterol Concentration: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Man-Yun Li, Jin-Hua Chen, Chiehfeng Chen, Yi-No Kang

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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Man-Yun LiSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Jin-Hua ChenGraduate Institute of Data Science, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Chiehfeng ChenDepartment of Public Health, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Yi-No KangCochrane Taiwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Wan Fang Hospital · TWNational Taiwan University · TWTaipei Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The association of egg consumption and serum cholesterol concentrations in healthy people has been discussed for a long time. In this study, we aimed to explore association of egg consumption with on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) concentrations and the LDL-c/HDL-c ratio through meta-analysis. This systematic review only included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating egg consumption in healthy populations without combination therapy. We extracted mean and standard deviation for LDL-c/HDL-c ratio, LDL-c/HDL-c. The extracted data were pooled in a random-effects model and were presented as mean difference (MD) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Moreover, subgroup analyses were conducted for understanding effects of more egg consumption (MEC) on different intervention periods, egg-consumption levels, classification of responders. Overall, 17 RCTs met the eligibility criteria and pooled results showed MEC group had a higher LDL-c/HDL-c ratio than the control group (MD = 0.14,

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AdolescentAdultAgedCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLDietDiet SurveysEatingEggsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicYoung AdultCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLhigh-density lipoproteinKeywords egg consumptionlow-density lipoprotein

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PMID32635569
PMCPMC7400894
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