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