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. 2007 Jul 18;2007(3):CD005105. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005105.pub2

Sloth 2004.

Methods Trial design: 
 RCT 
 Randomisation procedure: Randomly assigned and matched for age, body weight, height, body mass index, blood pressure, heart rate, estimated energy expenditure and alcohol intake. 
 Allocation concealment: 
 Not stated. Participants were informed of the purpose of the study, but not about the type of test foods they received. 
 Blinding: 
 Not stated. 
 Intention‐to‐treat analysis: 
 No 
 Weighted glycaemic index of diets: Intervention 78.6; Comparator 102.8
Participants Country: 
 Denmark 
 Setting: 
 Community 
 Number: 
 55 
 Age: 
 Low glycaemic index diet intervention, 28.9 +/‐ 1.3 years; comparison group, 30.8 +/‐1.3 
 Sex: 
 All female 
 Other characteristics: 
 Healthy overweight women with body mass index 27.6 +/‐ 0.2.
Interventions Trial intervention: 
 Low glycaemic index diet. 
 Comparison intervention: 
 High glycaemic index diet. 
 10 week parallel trial. Ad libitum
Outcomes Main outcome measures: Body weight, fat mass, fat‐free mass, waist‐to‐hip‐ratio, 
 Other outcomes: 
 Total cholesterol, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, triacylglycerols, non‐esterified fatty acids,diastolic and systolic blood pressure, heart rate, fasting plasma glucose and serum insulin concentrations
Notes Source of funding: Danone Vitapole, France
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear

GI = glycaemic index