Why the study?
Does meal ingestion acutely reduce flow-mediated dilation in adults?
Population
2,548 adults from 78 articles (154 effects)
Comparison
Meal ingestion (macronutrient meal) vs Baseline (before meal ingestion)
Design
Meta-analysis
Follow-up
acute (postprandial)
Authors
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Requires fasting protocols for valid FMD testing; confirms acute postprandial endothelial dysfunction in meta-analysis.
Does meal ingestion acutely reduce flow-mediated dilation in adults?
Macronutrient meal ingestion acutely reduces endothelial function as measured by flow-mediated dilation, with larger reductions observed in males, normal weight individuals, and those with cardio-metabolic disorders.
Thom et al. (2016) studied this question.
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