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Oral zinc supplementation for the treatment of acute diarrhea in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Nutrients2013The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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Zn(2+) — decreases diarrhoea duration
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.Findingreplicated ×5“Acute episodes were 4% (95% CI: 1%–8%) shorter in duration among children treated with zinc compared to those receiving placebo (Table 2).”
Quoted verbatim from Oral zinc supplementation for the treatment of acute diarrhea in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Children under five years with acute diarrhoea; pooled non-Chinese randomised placebo-controlled studies only (the Chinese studies were not pooled with these for episode duration)
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