- Study, every finding
- meta-analysis
- Population, every finding
- Adults in 17 randomised controlled trials of garlic supplements; controls were placebo in most trials
What moved
How to read these marks →“Pooled analysis showed that garlic intake caused a 3.75-mm Hg reduction (95% confidence interval [CI], -5.04 to -2.45, I(2) =30.7%; P<.001) in systolic BP and a 3.39-mm Hg reduction (95% CI, -4.14 to -2.65, I(2) =67%; P<.001) in diastolic BP compared with controls.”
- Decreases systolic blood pressure
very limited
- Decreases diastolic blood pressure
very limited
Study record
- Design
- meta-analysis
- Species
- human
- Population
- Patients in randomised trials of garlic supplements and blood pressure; hypertensive and normotensive subgroups
- Participants
- not reported
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 6