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Taurine decreases systolic blood pressure (setting unspecified)

lowersVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×2

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Taurine ingestion reduced SBP (Hedges' g = - 0.70, 95% CI - 0.98 to - 0.41, P < 0.0001) and DBP (Hedges' g = - 0.62, 95% CI - 0.91 to - 0.34, P < 0.0001).”
Quoted verbatim from The Effects of Oral Taurine on Resting Blood Pressure in Humans: a Meta-Analysis.
This finding among the 88 findings on its endpoint

taurine

Systolic blood pressure (setting unspecified)

lowers

Effect as reported

−0.7standardised mean difference

CI −0.98 to −0.41

Who
humans of varying age and health status in seven studies of orally administered isolated taurine, resting blood pressure
Dose studied
1 to 6 g/day across included studies

Very limited evidencePMID 30006901 · 2018

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

Current hypertension reports
What else it reported2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZT90BDR7TV9F1SV7P4FCFR