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. 2022 Feb 25;80(8):1856–1895. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuac009

Table 1.

PICOS criteria for inclusion of studies

Parameter Criteria
Participants Healthy adult participants; however, including studies in which some of the participants have a chronic disease
Interventions Food-based intervention focusing on a dietary pattern, without nutritional supplementation
Comparators A different dietary pattern
Outcomes Dietary biomarkers, including metabolomic profiles
Study design Randomized controlled trials