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. 2023 Apr 16;15(8):1921. doi: 10.3390/nu15081921

Table 9.

Effects of red wine on glycaemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Ref. Year Author Fasting Glucose 2 h Post-Meal Glucose Fasting Insulin Glycated Haemoglobin Glucose/Insulin Ratio HOMA-IR ISI Diabetic Nephropathy SPMs Type of Study Type of Wine Subjects Patients Age Range Total Number of Participants Wine Consumption Duration (Days) Control Dosage
(mL/Day)
Funding/Conflict of Interest
[14] 2001 Ceriello A RCT RW M + F T2DM 50–60 20 7 W 300 Not declared
[27] 2005 Coimbra SR = RCT RW M + F Hypercholesterolaemia 40–60 16 14 (×2) Purple grape juice 250 FAPESP and Fundação Zerbini.
[37] 2006 Banini AE = ↓ § = RCT RW M + F T2DM, H (control) 45–75 29 28 MJ, MW, or Dz-W 150 North Carolina Agricultural Research Service of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
[38] 2006 Beulens JW = RCT CO RW M + F H, WC > 94 cm 35–70 34 28 DRW 450 (40 g ET) Dutch Foundation for Alcohol Research.
[42] 2006 Marfella R = = RCT RW M + F T2DM, MI 30–40 131 1 year W 118 (11 g ET) Not declared
[53] 2007 Shai I ↓ ° = = Multi-centre RCT RW or WW M + F T2DM 41–74 91 12 weeks Non-alcoholic beer 150 (13 g ET) Not declared
[60] 2009 Nakamura T = ↓ urinary protein ↓ urinary L-FABP RCT RW, WW M + F T2DM with nephropathy 45–65 20 6 months W 118 Not declared
[67] 2012 Chiva-Blanch G = ↓T2DM
(=H)
↓ T2DM (=H) RCT CO RW, DRW M High CVD risk 55–75 67 28 DRW, gin 30 g ET Institutional
[80] 2015 Gepner Y = = RCT RW vs. WW vs. W M + F T2DM 50–70 224 2 years RW vs. WW vs. W 150 European Association for the Study of Diabetes
[81] 2015 Moreno-Indias I RCT CO RW and DRW M Obes, MeTs 45–50 10/10 30 + 30 H RW or DRW: 272 Institutional
[92] 2018 Barden A = RCT CO RW/DRW M + F T2DM 40–70 24 12 weeks (4 × 3) No T2DM W: 230 (~24 g ET/M: 300 (~31 g ET Institutional
[98] 2022 Briansó-Llort L = RCT CO RW M + F H 30–50 26 28 RW 187 Instituto de Salud Carlos III
[100] 2002 Choleva M = = = RCT RW M + F CAD 50–75 64 2 months ET, W 200 Graduate Program of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University and the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society.

↑, increased; =, no effect; ↓, reduced. A1C, glycated haemoglobin; CO, crossover; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DRW, de-alcoholised red wine; Dz-W, de-alcoholised muscadine grape wine; ET, ethanol; F, female; H, healthy; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance; ISI, insulin sensitivity index; L-FABP, liver-type fatty acid binding protein (biomarker of kidney disease); M, male; MeTs, metabolic syndrome; MJ, muscadine grape juice; MW, muscadine grape wine; RCT, randomised controlled trial; RW, red wine; SPMs, specialised pro-resolving mediators of inflammation; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; W, water; WC, waist circumference; WW, white wine; §, decrease was significant only among the subjects with T2DM given Dz-W; °, especially in subjects with higher basal A1C levels.