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L-arginineFinding

L-arginine has no detected effect on all-cause mortality

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“In an overall pooled estimate, there was a 7% reduction in mortality in the L-arginine treatment group (105/459, 22.9%) compared with the control group (111/455, 24.4%), which did not reach statistical significance (risk ratio [RR]: 0.93, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.74-1.17; P = 0.54).”
Quoted verbatim from Oral L-arginine supplementation in acute myocardial infarction therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
This finding among the 156 findings on its endpoint

L-arginine

All-cause mortality

no difference found

Effect as reported

0.93risk ratio

CI 0.74 to 1.17

Who
Patients with acute myocardial infarction; pooled randomized placebo-controlled trials (2 trials)
Dose studied
not reported

Very limited evidencePMID 19938054 · 2009

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

Clinical cardiology
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZV4H4PG41GAF9H0Y2R6E0F