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Papers/PMID:17093165

Fat mass gain is lower in calcium-supplemented than in unsupplemented preschool children with low dietary calcium intakes.

The American journal of clinical nutrition2006The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null

What it reported

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Every finding here is a null result.

What did not

1 finding

  • Ca(2+) — no detected effect on fat mass

    Evidence strength: very limited.FindingNull resultreplicated ×2
    “Changes in fat mass were not significantly different by activity group or between children randomly assigned to receive calcium or placebo (0.5 +/- 0.9 and 0.6 +/- 0.8 kg, respectively; P = 0.32).”
    Quoted verbatim from Fat mass gain is lower in calcium-supplemented than in unsupplemented preschool children with low dietary calcium intakes..
    Study
    RCT
    Duration
    12 months
    Population
    Children aged 3-5 y in a secondary analysis of a 1-y randomized calcium and activity trial; whole randomized comparison, calcium versus placebo

    Fat mass gain is lower in calcium-supplemented than in unsupplemented preschool children with low dietary calcium intakes.2006PMID:1709316510.1093/ajcn/84.5.1123Permalink