| Methods |
Trial Design: RCT
Randomisation procedure: not reported
Allocation concealment: not reported
Blinding of outcome assessors: not reported
Intention to treat analysis: yes |
| Participants |
Country: Thailand
Setting: community
Number: 10
Age: 32‐60 years
Sex: 10 female
Inclusion criteria: type 2 diabetes, absence of diabetic complications, co‐operative, ability to consume the different test‐diets, keep food records and be followed up for at least 4 months.
Other characteristics: non‐insulin dependent treated with diet alone, or diet and oral hypoglycaemic agents, for 2 to 7 years, fasting plasma glucose levels 140 to 280 mg/dL |
| Interventions |
Trial intervention: low glycaemic index diet
comparison intervention:
high glycaemic index diet
Duration: 4 weeks |
| Outcomes |
Main outcome measures: HbA1c, plasma glucose and insulin, urinary glucose secretion, body weight |
| Notes |
Source of funding: Mahidol University, Sithinan Co Ltd
Drop‐outs: no |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? |
Unclear risk |
B ‐ Unclear |
