Papers/PMID:25927101
Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2015The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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Zn(2+) — decreases preterm birth incidence
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Finding“Zinc supplementation resulted in a small reduction in preterm birth (risk ratio (RR) 0.86, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.76 to 0.97 in 16 RCTs; 16 trials of 7637 women).”
Quoted verbatim from Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Participants
- 7,637
- Population
- Pregnant women in randomised trials of zinc supplementation in pregnancy, pooled across 16 trials
Effect 0.86 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.76 to 0.97
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