Efficacy and safety of sugarcane policosanol on dyslipidemia: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

@article{Gong2018EfficacyAS,
  title={Efficacy and safety of sugarcane policosanol on dyslipidemia: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials},
  author={Jing Gong and Xin Qin and Fen Yuan and Meilin Hu and Guang Chen and Ke Fang and Ding-kun Wang and Shu-jun Jiang and Jingbin Li and Yan Zhao and Zhaoyi Huang and Hui Dong and Fu-er Lu},
  journal={Molecular Nutrition \& Food Research},
  year={2018},
  volume={62},
  pages={\&NA;}
}
SCOPE This study aimed to systematically investigate whether sugarcane policosanol was effective and safe on dyslipidemia. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 11 databases including the PubMed, Web of science, Embase, Scopus, the Cochrane library and SinoMed databases were searched for available studies investigating the effects of policosanol on dyslipidemia. A total of 22 studies including 1886 subjects were included in the analysis. The pooled results showed that compared with placebo… 
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