- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02702375
Meta-analyses of Impotrant Food Sources of Sugars and Incident Cardiometabolic Diseases
Relation of Important Food Sources of Sugars With Incident Cardiometabolic Disease: A Series of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses to Inform Guidelines, Public Health Policy, and Future Research Design
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Background: Sugars have emerged as one of the most important public health targets. Attention has focused on the special role of fructose based on its unique biochemical, metabolic, and endocrine responses. These mechanisms, however, have failed to translate into clinically meaningful effects in calorie-matched comparisons with other sources of carbohydrate. Sugars-sweetened beverage (SSBs) appear to be the special case. Whereas large prospective cohort studies have shown a consistent relation of SSBs with incident obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome (MetS), hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and gout, associations have not been shown when modeling total sugars (with the exception of gout) or other food sources of added/free sugars such as pure fruit juices, yogurt, or even sweets. In the absence of a clear signal for sugars alone, it is unclear whether the associations seen for SSBs hold for other important food sources of sugars.
Need for a review: As dietary guidelines and public health policy have shifted toward food and dietary-pattern based recommendations, the lack of high quality syntheses and translation of the role of different food sources of sugars in cardiometabolic diseases represents an urgent call for stronger evidence to support guidelines development.
Objectives: To build on our previous work, we will conduct a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses to compare important food sources of added/free sugars (SSBs, pure fruit juice, yogurt, sweets, cereals, etc). in their relation with incident cardiometabolic diseases.
Design: Our proposed series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses will follow the same successful protocol we used for our previous CIHR-funded knowledge synthesis of fructose and cardiometabolic risk (clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01363791). The knowledge syntheses will be conducted according to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA).
Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and The Cochrane library will be searched.
Study selection: We will include cohorts assessing the relation of different food sources of fructose-containing sugars (SSBs, pure fruit juice, yogurt, sweets, cereals, etc) with incident type 2 diabetes, MetS, hypertension, CHD, stroke, and gout.
Data extraction: Two investigators will independently extract relevant data and assess risk of bias.
Outcomes: We will assess 6 outcomes: type 2 diabetes, MetS, hypertension, CHD, stroke, and gout.
Data synthesis: Risk ratios will be pooled using the generic inverse variance method for each food source of fructose-containing sugars. Random-effects models will be used even in the absence of statistically significant between-study heterogeneity, as they yield more conservative summary effect estimates in the presence of residual heterogeneity. Fixed-effects models will only be used where there is <5 included studies. Paired analyses will be applied for crossover trials. Heterogeneity will be assessed by the Cochran Q statistic and quantified by the I2 statistic. To explore sources of heterogeneity, the investigators will conduct sensitivity analyses, in which each study is systematically removed. If there are >=10 studies, then the investigators will also explore sources of heterogeneity by a priori subgroup analyses (follow-up, adjustments, exposure assessment, dose, outcome ascertainment, risk of bias). Meta-regression analyses will assess the significance of categorical and continuous subgroups analyses. When >=10 studies are available, publication bias will be investigated by inspection of funnel plots and formal testing using the Egger and Begg tests. If publication bias is suspected, then the investigators will attempt to adjust for funnel plot asymmetry by imputing the missing study data using the Duval and Tweedie trim and fill method.
Evidence Assessment: The strength of the evidence for each outcome will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE).
Knowledge translation plan: We will follow the Ottawa model. Results will be disseminated through presentations at scientific meetings and publication in high impact journals. Webcasts and social media posts on YouTube videos, Facebook, twitter and LinkedIn will also be used. Target adopters will include clinicians, allied health professionals, policy makers, industry, researchers, and patient groups.
Significance: The proposed project will aid in knowledge translation related to the health effects of food sources of sugars, informing evidence-based guidelines and improving health outcomes by educating healthcare providers and patients, stimulating industry innovation, and guiding future research design.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Ontario
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5C 2T2
- The Toronto 3D (Diet, Digestive tract and Disease) Knowledge Synthesis and Clinical Trials Unit, Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Micheal's Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Prospective cohort studies
Inclusion Criteria
- Prospective cohort studies or case-cohort studies
- Duration >= 1 year
- Assessment of the exposure of fructose-containing sugars or important food sources
- Ascertainment of viable data by level of exposure
Exclusion Criteria:
- Ecological, cross-sectional, and retrospective observational studies, clinical trials, and non-human studies
- Duration < 1 year
- No assessment of exposures of fructose-containing sugars or important food sources
- No ascertainment viable clinical outcome data by level of exposure
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Type 2 diabetes
Time Frame: Up to 20 years
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Incident type 2 diabetes
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Up to 20 years
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Metabolic syndrome
Time Frame: Up to 20 years
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Incident metabolic syndrome
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Up to 20 years
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Hypertension
Time Frame: Up to 20 years
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Incident cases of hypertension and those with high blood pressure
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Up to 20 years
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Coronary heart disease
Time Frame: Up to 20 years
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Incident coronary heart disease or coronary artery disease
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Up to 20 years
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Stroke
Time Frame: Up to 20 years
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Incident stroke
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Up to 20 years
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Gout
Time Frame: Up to 20 years
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Incident gout
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Up to 20 years
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Collaborators and Investigators
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Sievenpiper JL, de Souza RJ, Cozma AI, Chiavaroli L, Ha V, Mirrahimi A. Fructose vs. glucose and metabolism: do the metabolic differences matter? Curr Opin Lipidol. 2014 Feb;25(1):8-19. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000042.
- Sievenpiper JL, Chiavaroli L, de Souza RJ, Mirrahimi A, Cozma AI, Ha V, Wang DD, Yu ME, Carleton AJ, Beyene J, Di Buono M, Jenkins AL, Leiter LA, Wolever TM, Kendall CW, Jenkins DJ. 'Catalytic' doses of fructose may benefit glycaemic control without harming cardiometabolic risk factors: a small meta-analysis of randomised controlled feeding trials. Br J Nutr. 2012 Aug;108(3):418-23. doi: 10.1017/S000711451200013X. Epub 2012 Feb 21.
- Mirrahimi A, de Souza RJ, Chiavaroli L, Sievenpiper JL, Beyene J, Hanley AJ, Augustin LS, Kendall CW, Jenkins DJ. Associations of glycemic index and load with coronary heart disease events: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohorts. J Am Heart Assoc. 2012 Oct;1(5):e000752. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.112.000752. Epub 2012 Oct 25.
- Jayalath VH, Sievenpiper JL, de Souza RJ, Ha V, Mirrahimi A, Santaren ID, Blanco Mejia S, Di Buono M, Jenkins AL, Leiter LA, Wolever TM, Beyene J, Kendall CW, Jenkins DJ. Total fructose intake and risk of hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohorts. J Am Coll Nutr. 2014;33(4):328-39. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2014.916237. Epub 2014 Aug 21.
- Liu Q, Ayoub-Charette S, Khan TA, Au-Yeung F, Blanco Mejia S, de Souza RJ, Wolever TMS, Leiter LA, Kendall CWC, Sievenpiper JL. Important Food Sources of Fructose-Containing Sugars and Incident Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Dec 17;8(24):e010977. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.010977. Epub 2019 Dec 12.
- Ayoub-Charette S, Liu Q, Khan TA, Au-Yeung F, Blanco Mejia S, de Souza RJ, Wolever TM, Leiter LA, Kendall C, Sievenpiper JL. Important food sources of fructose-containing sugars and incident gout: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. BMJ Open. 2019 May 5;9(5):e024171. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024171.
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
- Stroke
- Metabolic syndrome
- Hypertension
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Fructose
- Coronary heart disease
- Gout
- Evidence-based nutrition (EBN)
- Prospective studies
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Evidence-based medicine (EBM)
- Clinical practice guidelines
- Dietary sugars
- High fructose corn syrup
- Sucrose
- Prospective cohort studies
- Cohort studies
- HFCS
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- CIHR-Sugars 2015
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