Papers/PMID:25922862
Calcium supplementation (other than for preventing or treating hypertension) for improving pregnancy and infant outcomes.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2015The 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
Ca(2+) — no detected effect on preterm birth incidence
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.FindingNull result“There were no statistically significant differences between women who received calcium supplementation and those who did not in terms of reducing preterm births less than 37 weeks' gestation (risk ratio (RR) 0.86, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.70 to 1.05; 13 studies, 16,139 women; random-effects model) or less than 34 weeks' gestation (RR 1.04, 95% CI 0.80 to 1.36; four trials, 5669).”
Quoted verbatim from Calcium supplementation (other than for preventing or treating hypertension) for improving pregnancy and infant outcomes.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Participants
- 16,139
- Population
- Pregnant women; pooled randomised trials of calcium supplementation versus placebo or no treatment, for purposes other than preventing or treating hypertension
Effect 0.86 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.7 to 1.05
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