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Trial, not randomized · measured other health measures

5-week trial in 15 women with polycystic ovary syndrome: weight fell, no comparison group

Li and colleagues · Journal of translational medicine · 2021

Original title: Eight-hour time-restricted feeding improves endocrine and metabolic profiles in women with anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome.

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What the study found

Points to benefit

Body weight, BMI, fat mass and visceral fat fell after 5 weeks. Menstrual cycle improved in 73.3% (11/15). No weight numbers in abstract and no control group.

The study at a glance

Type of study
Trial, not randomized
Who or what was studied
15 people · young women with polycystic ovary syndrome and no ovulation
What was tested
eating within 8 hours a day for 5 weeks, one group with no comparison group
What it measured
Several kinds of outcomes
How long
5 weeks
Trial registration
NCT04580433
Who has a stake
No stake declared
No competing interests declared.
Journal
Journal of translational medicine, 2021
Source
PubMed record 33849562. This page is based on the abstract only.

How much this study counts

  • –Not randomized: the groups may differ in ways that affect the result.
  • –No comparison group: some changes might have happened anyway.
  • –Small: 15 people. Small trials can miss real effects or find chance ones.
  • –Short: 5 weeks. Longer-term effects are unknown.
  • •Measured several kinds of outcomes.
  • ✓No competing interests declared.
  • •Summarized from the PubMed abstract only. The full paper may hold details the abstract leaves out.

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Where this study sits

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  1. Trials in people: weight loss

    9

    5 benefit, 2 mixed, 2 no difference

  2. Trials in people: other measures

    8

    4 benefit, 3 mixed, 1 no difference

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  3. Trials in people: lab tests or safety

    1

    1 benefit

  4. Population studies

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    None among the papers we read.

  5. Blood levels and genes

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    None among the papers we read.

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  • Points to benefit
  • Mixed
  • No difference
  • No direction
  • Points to harm

How it fits with the other research

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Yes, but about like calorie cutting.

Confidence: moderate. Based on 26 on-topic papers.

Read the full answer

Of the other 7 papers on the same step: 3 benefit, 3 mixed, 1 no difference. This one found benefit.

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Other papers on the same step

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