Journal of Obesity

Review Article

The Use of Garcinia Extract (Hydroxycitric Acid) as a Weight loss Supplement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies.a
Authors
Year		Main outcome (s)Main diagnoses of participantsRandomisation appropriate?Allocation concealed?Groups similar at baseline?Similar follow-up of groups?Outcome assessor blinded?Care provider blinded?Patients blinded? Attrition bias?ITT analysis?Jadad Score
Hayamizu et al. 2001 [24]Visceral fat, BW indicesOverweight subjects ? ? + + ? ? ? − − 2
Hayamizu et al. 2003 [4]Visceral fat, BW indicesOverweight subjects + ? + + ? ? ? ? − 3
Heymsfield et al. 1998 [25]BW, fat massOverweight subjects + ? + + ? ? ? ? + 5
Kovacs et al. 2001 [26]Satiety, food intake, BWNormal to moderately obese subjects ? ? ? + ? ? ? − − 3
Kovacs et al. 2001 [27]Satiety, food intake, BWNormal to moderately obese subjects ? ? ? + ? ? ? − − 3
Mattes and Bormann 2000 [5]Satiety, body compositionOverweight subjects ? ? + + ? ? ? ? − 2
∗Preuss et al. 2002 [28]BW, BMI, appetiteModerately obese subjects ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2
Preuss et al. 2004 [29]BW, BMI, lipid profile, appetiteHealthy, obese volunteers + ? + + ? ? ? ? − 3
Preuss et al. 2004 [6]BW, BMI, lipid profile, appetiteHealthy, obese volunteers + ? ? + ? ? ? ? − 4
Ramos et al. 1995 [30]BW, BMI, lipidsObese subjects ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2
Roongpisu-thipong et al. 2007 [2]BW, BMI, BP, waist-hip ratioHealthy, overweight volunteers ? ? + + ? ? ? ? − 2
Thom 1996 [31]BW, BP, total cho-sterol, appetiteObese subjects ? ? ? ?? ????2
aQuality assessment checklist adapted from The CONSORT Statement and Jadad criteria [10–12].