Papers/PMID:20236541
Effects of Ginkgo biloba in dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMC geriatrics2010The record
1 finding drawn from this paper, on 1 compound across 1 endpoint, 1 of them null.
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
1 finding
Ginkgo biloba — no detected effect on activities of daily living score
LikelyGrade B, Likely. Human evidence, limited replication or design limits.FindingNull result“There were no statistically significant differences in ADL change scores between ginkgo and placebo, with SMD = -0.32 (95% CI -0.66; 0.03, z = 1.77, N = 6, p = 0.08) (Figure.”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of Ginkgo biloba in dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Dose
- 120-240 mg daily; where a trial studied several dose levels the higher-dose arm was used
- Population
- Adults with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia or mixed dementia, pooled across six randomised trials whose activities-of-daily-living instruments were not harmonised (GERRI, GBS-ADL, ADL-IS, NAA, NAB).
Effect -0.32 standardised mean difference, 95% CI -0.66 to 0.03
Effects of Ginkgo biloba in dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis.2010PMID:20236541