The fund recipient, YMC did not involve in the consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products of the funder. The funder had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. One of the authors, YMC received financial research fund from CUCKOO International (MAL) Pte Ltd. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.ĭata Availability: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.įunding: The funder (Universiti Putra Malaysia) provided financial research grant and support in the form of salaries for authors, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Received: Accepted: SeptemPublished: October 31, 2022Ĭopyright: © 2022 Chan et al. PLoS ONE 17(10):Įditor: Kenta Matsumura, University of Toyama: Toyama Daigaku, JAPAN While consumption of alkaline water may be considered as a source of easy-to implement lifestyle to modulate metabolic features, sleep duration and muscle strength, further studies are warranted for unravelling the precise mechanism of alkaline water consumption on the improvement and prevention of MetS and its individual features, muscle strength and sleep duration as well as identification of full spectrum of individuals that could benefit from its consumption.Ĭitation: Chan YM, Shariff ZM, Chin YS, Ghazali SS, Lee PY, Chan KS (2022) Associations of alkaline water with metabolic risks, sleep quality, muscle strength: A cross-sectional study among postmenopausal women. In conclusion, drinking adequate of water is paramount for public health with access to good quality drinking water remains a critical issue. The observed lower fasting plasma glucose (F(1,294) = 24.20, p = 0.025, partial η 2 = 0.435), triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein concentration ratio (F(1,294) = 21.06, p = 0.023, partial η 2 = 0.360), diastolic blood pressure (F(1,294) = 7.85, p = 0.046, partial η 2 = 0.258) and waist circumference (F(1,294) = 9.261, p = 0.038, partial η 2 = 0.263) in the alkaline water drinkers could be considered as favourable outcomes of regular consumption of alkaline water. A total of 47.7% of the participants met MS criteria, with a significant lower proportion of MetS among the alkaline water drinkers. Diagnosis of MetS was made according to Joint Interim Statement definition. Participants were ascertained on dietary intake, lifestyle factors, anthropometric and biochemical measurements. A total of 304 community-dwelling postmenopausal women were recruited with comparable proportion of regular drinkers of alkaline water and non-drinkers. Methods: This cross-sectional comparative study was conducted to determine whether regular consumption of alkaline water confers health advantage on blood metabolites, anthropometric measures, sleep quality and muscle strength among postmenopausal women. Much has been claimed on the health benefits of alkaline water including metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its features with scarcity of scientific evidence.
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