Reporter brief
Efficacy of an Omnivorous Versus a Vegan Diet in the Prevention or Treatment of Sarcopenia in Chilean Adults Following a Strength Training Program
What happened
Trial registry update: COMPLETED. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
Why it matters
Assessment pending; this report does not establish a change in evidence.
What it does NOT prove
- Non-randomized assignment introduces selection bias: participants self-selected their group and diet, so differences between groups may reflect initial characteristics rather than training effects
- No sample size, effect sizes, or specific outcomes reported in the abstract, preventing assessment of whether changes were clinically or statistically meaningful
- Observational design cannot establish causation; diet type was not experimentally manipulated, so claims about diet efficacy rely on post-hoc comparisons of self-selected groups
Study design and sample
Observational; Human.
Chilean adults stratified by diet type (vegan or omnivorous) and assigned to intervention or control groups based on their own choice and convenience. Specific age range, sample size, and other demographic details are not reported in the abstract.
- Design
- Observational
- Sample
- —
- Journal
- Universidad de Concepcion
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
Effect size
Not recorded.
Caveats
- Assessment: Unassessed.
- Only the source material recorded on this evidence page was assessed.
Conflicts and funding
Not recorded.
Previous evidence
See the Resistance training timeline and recorded assessment for prior evidence.
Primary source
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