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. 2025 Jan 24;12:1524830. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1524830

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of include studies.

Authors Study period Country Study design Patients (n) BMI Age (mean/median) Male Time of duration
Intervention/control Intervention/control Intervention/control Intervention/control
Argo, 2015 2007-2010 USA RCT 17/17 31.6/33.3 46.4/47.2 6/7 1 year
Qin, 2015 2012-2013 China RCT 36/34 26.4/26.0 57/55 26/25 3 months
Parker, 2019 2011-2013 Australia RCT 25/25 27.8/28.0 33.6/34.7 25/25 12 weeks
Shojasaadat, 2019 2016-2017 Iran RCT 35/34 31.48/30.65 41.77/42.35 18/20 12 weeks
Song, 2020-a 2018-2019 China RCT 21/21 29.43/27.92 46/47 19/18 12 weeks
Song, 2020-b 2018-2019 China RCT 17/21 27.80/27.92 44/47 16/18 12 weeks
Cansanção, 2020 2018-2020 Brazil RCT 13/11 30.77/31.82 60.54/60.88 8/9 6 months
Guo, 2022-a 2019-2021 China RCT 37/37 27.6/26.7 54.7/56.3 22/19 3 months
Guo, 2022-b 2019-2021 China RCT 37/37 26.2/26.7 56.6/56.3 20/19 3 months