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Effect of garlic on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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1 findingHow to read these marks →“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).”
- Study
- meta-analysis
- Effect
- −2.44 mean difference, 95% CI −4.97 to 0.09
- 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
- Population
- 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
Study record
- Design
- meta-analysis
- Species
- human
- Population
- Adults in randomised placebo-controlled trials of garlic-only preparations reporting blood pressure; hypertensive and normotensive subgroups
- Participants
- not reported
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 50