Lai, Honghao
Nesrallah, Gihad
Guyatt, Gordon H.
Vernooij, Robin W. M.
Liu, Jiayi
Zhao, Weilong
Hou, Liangying
Pan, Bei
Huang, Jiajie
Campbell, Norm R. C.
Tian, Jinhui
Yang, Kehu
Ge, Long https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3555-1107
Johnston, Bradley C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of Lanzhou University (lzujbky-2024-oy11)
Article History
Received: 17 August 2025
Accepted: 7 January 2026
First Online: 23 January 2026
Declarations
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: This systematic review and network meta-analysis used publicly available published data from previously conducted studies. Ethical approval was not required for this secondary analysis of published data, as per institutional guidelines and the Declaration of Helsinki. All included studies obtained appropriate ethical approval and participant consent as reported in their original publications.
: All authors agreed to the publication of this manuscript.
: LG, GG, RV and BCJ are members of the GRADE Working Group. While unrelated to this work, BCJ received a grant from Texas A&M AgriLife Research to fund investigator-initiated research related to saturated and polyunsaturated fats. The grant was from Texas A&M AgriLife institutional funds from interest and investment earnings, not a sponsoring organization, industry, or company. BCJ also holds NIDDK R25 funding to support the development of evidence-based nutrition educational resources, resources that draw on GRADE Working Group methods. Remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.