[PDF] Top 20 Effects of zinc supplementation on obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial

... that zinc supplementation has favourable effects on plasma lipid parameters and that it also significantly reduces total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and triglycerides ... See full document

... Therapeutic effects of vitamin D on cardiovascular risk factors, evaluated using the scoring system proposed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) [43, 44] for the ... See full document

... A culturally validated Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) will be used to obtain habitual intake of calo- ries, macronutrients and micronutrients [30]. The FFQ contains color photographs of three different portion sizes ... See full document

... The randomization assignment will be performed using computer-generated random numbers. The 100 partici- pants who meet the criteria will be randomly allocated into four groups: 1) a 50,000 IU vitamin D soft gel (weekly) ... See full document

... TTT protocol, and made it possible to optimize the procedures and measures in the research ...the study enough power to investigate the effects of the TTT program and the wide range of functionally ... See full document

... high-quality clinical evidence makes acupunc- ture a highly controversial ...of clinical studies, which showed that acupuncture at acu- points was no more effective than acupuncture at non- acupoints, some ... See full document

... Vitamin D deficiency is commonly associated with malnutrition [6] and is observed in the majority of dialy- sis patients [11, 12]. In addition to playing a role in the regulation of both the innate and adaptive immune ... See full document

... the study. The study is registered at the European Union Drug Regulating Authority (EUDRACT Number: 2012-001824-36; ...All study subjects will be appropriately insured and are required to give ... See full document

... for obesity are largely inadequate and there is an enor- mous unmet clinical need for more safe and efficacious obesity ...beneficial effects on ...patient-assessor-blinded, randomized, ... See full document

... inpatient clinical teams who see patients with schizophrenia and related ...a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or delusional disorder (that is, diagnosis of nonaffective ... See full document

... (GATRA) study is a pilot, prospective, randomized, single blinded, multicenter, controlled two-arm trial that will be per- formed on adult patients undergoing veno-venous ECMO for severe ... See full document

... the study will have scheduled clinic visits at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months to assess study adherence by pill counts, evaluate AEs, assess weight and height, and to refill zinc or placebo tablet ...have ... See full document

... of supplementation was based on previous data showing that a single ...cross-sectional study aiming at investigating IVF outcomes in women with deficient 25(OH) D level, the number of top quality embryos ... See full document

... of zinc atoms. Studies have shown that zinc plays an important role in insulin synthesis, storage, secretion, and action, while also being involved in various stages of carbohydrate and protein me- tabolism ... See full document

... large randomized controlled trial was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of antenatal corticosteroids in singleton late preterm neo- nates ...This study reported that administration of ... See full document

... The tibialis anterior muscle will be selected (bilaterally), with surface electrodes (5 cm X 5 cm) positioned on the motor point of the muscle. The following are the NMES parameters: frequency of 30 Hz, pulse from 300 μ ... See full document

... ized controlled trial. The trial compares usual medical care to a mainly telephone-based lifestyle intervention designed to be feasible in healthcare settings, which we hypothesize will prevent ... See full document

... small clinical trial had shown that sarpogrelate has a renal protective potential ...pilot study demonstrated that sarpogrelate improved the symptoms and signs of diabetic nephropa- thy and ... See full document

... training effects of the voluntary exercise alone. This protocol was chosen to overcome the limited impact of static EMS appli- cation on neuromuscular coordination and thereby functional ... See full document

... the study without interruption. Patients were randomized according to a preexisting list produced by a computer ...the study treatment was verified by asking the patients about missed doses and by ... See full document