{
  "sources": [],
  "title": "Effects of vegetarian diets on blood lipids: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials",
  "url": "https://thebalanceofhealth.com/sources/wang-2015-vegetarian-diets-blood-lipids-meta-analysis",
  "publisher": "The Balance of Health",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "record": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "id": "src-wang-2015-vegetarian-lipids",
    "slug": "wang-2015-vegetarian-diets-blood-lipids-meta-analysis",
    "title": "Effects of vegetarian diets on blood lipids: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials",
    "authors": [
      "Fenglei Wang",
      "Jusheng Zheng",
      "Bo Yang",
      "Jiajing Jiang",
      "Yuanqing Fu",
      "Duo Li"
    ],
    "publication": "Journal of the American Heart Association",
    "year": 2015,
    "doi": "10.1161/JAHA.115.002408",
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.002408",
    "sourceType": "meta-analysis",
    "studyType": "randomised-controlled-trial",
    "topicIds": [
      "cardiovascular"
    ],
    "pillarIds": [
      "health"
    ],
    "geography": "Multiple countries",
    "sampleSize": "11 randomised trials",
    "keyFindings": [
      "Vegetarian diets lowered total and LDL cholesterol in randomised trials compared with control diets."
    ],
    "supportsClaimIds": [
      "claim-plant-based-heart-risk"
    ],
    "challengesClaimIds": [],
    "limitations": [
      "Trials were short and small; outcomes were cholesterol levels rather than heart attacks."
    ],
    "quality": "moderate"
  }
}