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Taurine has no detected effect on tumour necrosis factor alpha concentration

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“There have been no significant effects of Tau supplementation on the levels of tumor necrosis factors-alpha (TNF-α) (SMD = -0.18 pg/ml; 95% CI: -0.56, 0.21; P = 0.368), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) (SMD = -0.49 pg/ml; 95% CI: -1.13, 0.16; P = 0.141).”
Quoted verbatim from Profiling inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers following taurine supplementation: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of controlled trials.
This finding among the 70 findings on its endpoint

taurine

Tumour necrosis factor alpha concentration

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.18standardised mean difference

CI −0.56 to 0.21

Who
participants in controlled clinical trials of taurine supplementation
Dose studied
not reported

Very limited evidencePMID 34584225 · 2022

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

European journal of clinical nutrition
What else it reported4 findings · 1 compound · 4 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZT923R4NADMZEHFKFK2E0K