Limnospira platensis decreases diastolic blood pressure (setting unspecified)

lowersModerate evidenceFindingreplicated ×2

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Pooled analysis of 4 RCTs showed that Spirulina intake significantly lowered DBP (MD: −4.29 mmHg, CI: −8.43 to −0.14, I2 = 81%) in comparison with the control group.”

Quoted verbatim from Effect of Spirulina Supplementation on Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

This finding among the 78 findings on its endpoint

Limnospira platensis

Diastolic blood pressure (setting unspecified)

lowers

Effect as reported

−4.29mean difference

CI −8.43 to −0.14

Who: Adults with co-existing disease in 4 randomised trials of spirulina with diastolic data; all-trials pool before the sensitivity exclusion
Dose studied: 1 to 8 g per day

Moderate evidencePMID 34578932 · 2021

02 · The study

Study: meta-analysis
Duration: not reported

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03 · The paper

Nutrients

Effect of Spirulina Supplementation on Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

2021PMID 34578932doi 10.3390/nu13093054

What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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