Fig. 3

Short-term effects of dietary patterns on body weight, SBP and LDL cholesterol. This figure shows the network estimates for the 6-month difference in effect on body weight, systolic blood pressure and LDL cholesterol levels for all possible pairwise dietary comparisons. The first column shows the intervention diet and the second column shows the reference diet. The column ‘Direct comparisons’ presents the number of trials in which a diet was directly compared to another diet, and the ‘N’ column presents the total number of participants included in these trials. Zero direct comparisons mean that the presented network estimate is based on indirect evidence alone. Abbreviations: RCT: randomized controlled trial, CI: credible interval, Moderate carb: moderate carbohydrate, SBP: systolic blood pressure, LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol