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L-arginine increases gestational age at delivery (length of gestation)

raisesModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“In comparison to controls, the oral l-arginine groups showed significantly increased mean birthweight and gestational age (n = 8 and 5, respectively) in the total population.”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of prenatal oral L-arginine on birth outcomes: a meta-analysis.
This finding among the 10 findings on its endpoint

L-arginine

Gestational age at delivery (length of gestation)

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Who
Pregnant women in pooled randomised trials: at high risk of pre-eclampsia or with pre-eclampsia, gestational or mild chronic hypertension, with IUGR foetuses, or with threatened pre-term labour; controls received placebo, vitamins or no supplement
Dose studied
oral L-arginine 3 to 14 g/day, pooled; one trial gave 6.6 g/day with vitamins against vitamins alone

Moderate evidencePMID 34815460 · 2021

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Scientific reports
What else it reported2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6Y4HWF5QFNXJFKH97EB5Q93