Effect of cinnamon intake on cardiovascular risk factors in elderly
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Metabolic syndrome Xnutritional and metabolic diseasesC18.452.394.968.500.570
- Registration Number
- RBR-3pdqt5
- Lead Sponsor
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - Pucrs
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
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Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
60 years or older; patients diagnosed with metabolic syndrome; participate of social groups in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Exclusion Criteria
Be under nutritional treatment; use or change the dose of lipid-lowering drugs, antihypertensive and hypoglycemic less than three months; be patient with insulin dependent diabetes; alcoholic (alcohol abuse present above 30g ethanol/day); be patient with chronic renal failure, with serum creatinine levels above 1.4 mg/dL; be patient with swallowing disorders; be patient with esophagitis, gastritis and duodenitis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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