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Nutritional interventions (dietary patterns, education, or supplementation) improve blood pressure and glycaemic control in adults with hypertension and/or type 2 diabetes in low- and middle-income countries.
This paper is a protocol outlining how researchers will analyze existing studies. It does not provide a specific diet plan for individuals. However, it highlights that dietary changes are a key management tool for hypertension and diabetes, and that these changes should be adapted to local food contexts in low-resource settings.
This systematic review aims to evaluate the effect of nutritional interventions on the management of blood pressure and glycaemia in adults with hypertension and T2DM from LMICs.
Why this rating
This is a protocol for a systematic review; no primary data or results are presented, only the planned methodology.
Source
Effect of diet on the management of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults from low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Carla Tarazona-Meza et al. · BMJ Open · 2024
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088235
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