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QUESTION
In patients with diabetes mellitus, do low glycaemic-index (GI) or low glycaemic-load (GL) diets improve glycaemic control?
REVIEW SCOPE
Included studies were randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared a low GI or low GL diet with a higher GI or higher GL diet for ⩾4 weeks in patients with diabetes mellitus according to validated and specified criteria. The dietary intervention had to be explicit and supervised or documented.
Outcomes were glycaemic control (glycated haemoglobin [HbA1c] for studies >6 wks; fructosamine or glycated serum albumin [GSA] for studies ⩽6 wks) and adverse effects.
REVIEW METHODS
Cochrane Library, Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and CINAHL (all to June 2008); and …
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Source of funding: National Health and Medical Research Fellowship, Australia.
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