Papers/PMID:17920918
Effect of daily zinc supplementation on child mortality in southern Nepal: a community-based, cluster randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
Lancet (London, England)2007The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
1 finding
Zn(2+) — no detected effect on all-cause mortality
LimitedEvidence strength: limited. Human evidence with several recorded weaknesses, or a design that tops out at limited.FindingNull resultreplicated ×1“Overall, there was no significant difference in mortality between the zinc and placebo groups (table 3).”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of daily zinc supplementation on child mortality in southern Nepal: a community-based, cluster randomised, placebo-controlled trial.. - Study
- RCT
- Dose
- 10 mg elemental zinc as zinc sulphate daily (half tablet under 12 months)
- Population
- Children aged 1-35 months in rural southern Nepal, cluster-randomised; all children also received vitamin A supplementation twice per year
Effect of daily zinc supplementation on child mortality in southern Nepal: a community-based, cluster randomised, placebo-controlled trial.2007PMID:17920918Industry fundedPermalink