Psyllium and heart
What 3 graded rows on psyllium agree on for heart, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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What the rows agree on
Each block and row is one graded row from the Psyllium page, with its PubMed record.
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Psyllium and heart
3 rows · 5,285 peopleThey agree: all 3 rows found an improvement.
- AGrade A× 2
- CGrade C× 1
- Rows
- 3
- Trials
- 3
- At least: a review without a trial count
- People
- 5,285
- Pooled reviews may count some twice
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade A, is a meta-analysis of 2,769 people (2024) and found an improvement.
The rows run from 592 to 2,769 people, published from 2018 to 2024: 3 pooled reviews and 0 single studies.
The rows
3 improved- AGrade ATotal and LDL cholesterol (Plantago, including psyllium) · Improved
Meta-analysis · n 2,769 · 2024 · Adults in 29 RCTs
Not stated in the abstract · Not stated in the abstract
Total cholesterol fell by 0.28 mmol/L and LDL cholesterol by 0.35 mmol/L versus control; HDL cholesterol and triglycerides did not change. Subgroups that used Plantago husk or psyllium also had lower total and LDL cholesterol.
- AGrade ALDL cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol and apoB · Improved
Meta-analysis · n 1,924 · 2018 · Participants in 28 RCTs, with or without hypercholesterolemia
Median about 10.2 g/day · Not stated in the abstract
LDL cholesterol fell by 0.33 mmol/L, non-HDL cholesterol by 0.39 mmol/L and apoB by 0.05 g/L versus control. Certainty was moderate for LDL and non-HDL (downgraded for inconsistency) and high for apoB.
- CGrade CSystolic blood pressure · Improved
Meta-analysis · n 592 · 2020 · Participants in 11 RCTs
Not stated in the abstract · Not stated in the abstract
Systolic blood pressure fell by 2.04 mmHg; the effect was stronger in people with higher starting blood pressure.