Table 1.
Characteristica | |
---|---|
Trial comparisons | 103 |
Participants | 538 |
Follow-up duration, minutes | 120 (60–240) |
Participant characteristics | |
• Age, years | 37 (22–66) |
• Male:femaleb (%) | 50:50 |
• BMI, kg/m2 | 24.9 (20.6–31.1) |
Health Status, # of trial comparisons | |
• Healthy | 77 |
• Type 2 Diabetes | 11 |
• Overweight | 9 |
• Mixed (Health & Overweight) | 5 |
• Metabolic Syndrome | 1 |
Intervention characteristics | |
• OBG dose, g | 4.2 (0.2–11.7) |
• OBG dose, g/30 g available carbohydrates | 2.8 (0.1–22.6) |
• Food source, # of trials | |
⚬ OBG-enriched/oat bran muffins | 23 |
⚬ OBG/oat bran added to glucose/dextrose | 20 |
⚬ OBG-enriched/oat bran cereal | 13 |
⚬ OBG-enriched/oat bran added to oatmeal porridge | 13 |
⚬ Oat granola/muesli with oat bran flakes | 10 |
⚬ OBG-enriched bread | 8 |
⚬ OBG-enriched/oat bran snack bar or product | 7 |
⚬ OBG-enriched/oat bran beverage (juice, shake, drink) | 7 |
⚬ Oat bran pasta | 2 |
• Available carbohydrate, g | 50 (13–75) |
Comparator characteristics | |
• Type | |
⚬ Matched | 66 |
⚬ Unmatched | 37 |
• Food source, # of trial comparisons | |
⚬ Glucose/dextrose/maltodextrin solution | 32 |
⚬ White bread | 21 |
⚬ Muffin | 16 |
⚬ Wheat porridge or oatmeal without added OBG | 12 |
⚬ Wheat granola/muesli with cornflakes | 7 |
⚬ Snack bar/product | 5 |
⚬ Cornflakes cereal | 4 |
⚬ Juice/shake/drink | 4 |
⚬ Durum wheat pasta | 2 |
• Available carbohydrate, g | 50 (13–75) |
Setting, # of trial comparisons | |
• North America | 70 |
• Europe | 25 |
• South America | 4 |
• Australia | 3 |
• Asia | 1 |
Funding source, # of trial comparisonsc | |
• Agency | 43 |
• Industry | 28 |
• Agency & Industry | 9 |
• Not reported | 23 |
OBG oat β-glucan, BMI body mass index.
aMedian (range) of mean data, unless otherwise indicated.
b30/31 studies provided data on sex.
cAgency funding is that from government, university, or not-for-profit sources. Industry funding is that from trade organizations that obtain revenue from the sale of products.