Effect of wheat germ on metabolic markers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Humna LiaqatEunseon JeongKyeong Jin KimJi Yeon KimPublished in: Food science and biotechnology (2020)
This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to evaluate the association of wheat germ interventions and metabolic markers. An electronic search was performed by mid-May 2019 in the PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science databases. Quality was evaluated using the risk of bias assessment tools. Thirty-three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were identified, among which ten were suitable and systematically reviewed based on biomarkers (cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, and oxidative stress). Three biomarkers in five eligible studies were investigated by meta-analysis. Total cholesterol showed non-significant results (p = 0.98), with standard mean difference (SMD) of - 0.01 (95% confidence interval; - 0.17, 0.16). The SMD was - 0.06 (95% CI - 0.41, 0.29, n = 4) for triglycerides and - 0.09 (95% CI - 0.62, 0.45, n = 2) for glucose. No biomarkers showed heterogeneity (0%). This review revealed non-significant association between wheat germ interventions and metabolic markers. Sensitive analysis with high-quality RCTs may be worth trying.
Keyphrases
- systematic review
- oxidative stress
- randomized controlled trial
- physical activity
- single cell
- meta analyses
- case control
- blood glucose
- low density lipoprotein
- dna damage
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- clinical trial
- machine learning
- mass spectrometry
- study protocol
- high resolution
- signaling pathway
- big data
- heat shock
- endoplasmic reticulum stress