Table 3.
Summary of the most significant effects of the foods and food products containing ETs (pomegranate and nuts) and those containing ANCs (berries, red grapes and red wine) on biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk in overweight and (or) obese individuals (baseline BMI: ≥ 25.0 Kg/m2).
| BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m2 | ET-Containing Products (Pomegranate, Nuts) | ANC-Containing Products (Berries, Red Grapes, Red Wine) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDM (p-Value) | n | DM (p-Value) | n | SDM (p-Value) | n | DM (p-Value) | n | ||||
| WC | −0.70 (NS) | 4 | WC (cm) | −1.71 (0.047) | 3 | WC | −0.11 (NS) | 10 | WC (cm) | −0.70 (NS) | 10 |
| T-C | −0.12 (NS) | 20 | T-C (mmol/L) | −0.08 (0.000) | 18 | T-C | −0.34 (0.003) | 35 | T-C (mmol/L) | −0.23 (0.009) | 35 |
| LDL-C | −0.15 (NS) | 20 | LDL-C (mmol/L) | −0.11, (0.000) | 18 | LDL-C | −0.13 (NS) | 30 | LDL-C (mmol/L) | −0.11 (NS) | 29 |
| TAGs | −0.21 (NS) | 19 | TAGs (mmol/L) | −0.11 (0.000) | 17 | TAGs | −0.05 (NS) | 28 | TAGs (mmol/L) | −0.05 (NS) | 27 |
| SBP | −0.26 (0.012) | 14 | SBP (mm Hg) | −3.10 (0.033) | 11 | SBP | −0.25 (0.000) | 43 | SBP (mm Hg) | −1.54 (0.000) | 38 |
| DBP | −0.08 (NS) | 15 | DBP (mm Hg) | −0.55 (NS) | 14 | DBP | −0.22 (0.002) | 30 | DBP (mm Hg) | −1.62 (0.000) | 29 |
| FMD | +0.62 (0.014) | 3 | FMD (%) | +0.39 (NS) | 3 | FMD | −0.20 (NS) | 6 | FMD (%) | −0.65 (NS) | 6 |
| Glucose | −0.19 (0.058) | 14 | Glucose (mmol/L) | −0.18 (0.017) | 13 | Glucose | −0.13 (NS) | 22 | Glucose (mmol/L) | −0.02 (NS) | 20 |
Significant: p-value 0.05; Marginally Significant (0.05 ≤ p-value 0.1). WC: Waist Circumference; T-C: Total Cholesterol; LDL-C: Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; TAGs: Triglycerides; SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; FMD: Flow Mediated Dilation; n: total number of studies included in the analysis; SDM: standardized difference in means; DM: Difference in means.