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Allium sativumFinding

Allium sativum has no detected effect on diastolic blood pressure (setting unspecified)

no difference foundLimited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Meta-analysis of eleven studies of the effect of garlic on DBP did not show a significant difference between garlic and placebo groups (-2.44 [95% CI, -4.97, 0.09] mm Hg, p = 0.06).”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of garlic on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
This finding among the 78 findings on its endpoint

Allium sativum

Diastolic blood pressure (setting unspecified)

no difference found

Effect as reported

−2.44mean difference

CI −4.97 to 0.09

Who
Adults in randomised placebo-controlled trials of garlic-only preparations; two of the pooled trials gave garlic or placebo added to the same diuretic or lipid-lowering drug in both arms
Dose studied
garlic powder 600-900 mg/day (nine studies); aged garlic extract 2400 mg/day; distilled garlic oil 12.3 mg/day; 12 to 23 weeks

Limited evidencePMID 18554422 · 2008

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

BMC cardiovascular disorders
What else it reported1 finding · 0 compounds · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71H9NGYJSYPT7BMEWV6DEAK