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Effects of calcium supplementation on body weight: a meta-analysis.

The American journal of clinical nutrition2016The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null

What it reported

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Every finding here is a null result.

What did not

1 finding

  • Ca(2+) — no detected effect on body mass

    Evidence strength: very limited.FindingNull resultreplicated ×1
    “No significant differences in weight changes were shown between calcium intervention and control groups (mean: -0.01 kg; 95% CI -0.02, 0.00 kg; P = 0.12).”
    Quoted verbatim from Effects of calcium supplementation on body weight: a meta-analysis..
    Study
    meta-analysis
    Population
    Participants in 33 randomised and longitudinal studies (4733 participants) of calcium supplementation, all ages; overall estimate

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