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Creatine increases lean body mass

raisesVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×2

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Creatine increased fat-free mass by 1.09 kg (95% CI 0.43 to 1.74) post loading and 1.62 kg (95% CI 0.47 to 2.77) post rehabilitation.”
Quoted verbatim from Creatine supplementation during pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
This finding among the 14 findings on its endpoint

creatine

Lean body mass

raises

Who
Patients with COPD (mean FEV1 46% predicted) taking supplements through 2 weeks of loading and an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation programme, both arms
Dose studied
creatine monohydrate 5.7 g with glucose 35 g, three times daily for 2 weeks, then once daily maintenance

Very limited evidencePMID 15994258 · 2005

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Thorax
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6WFSDM5F3V4CQ05DZZJWGY6