Papers/PMID:29558383
Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Growth Outcomes in Children under 5 Years of Age.
Nutrients2018The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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- ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.Findingreplicated ×1
“Zinc supplementation after birth significantly increased weight (N = 39, WMD = 0.14 kg, 95%CI: 0.07–0.21, I2 = 84.7).”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Growth Outcomes in Children under 5 Years of Age.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Infants and children up to 5 years in 39 pooled randomised trials of zinc supplementation lasting 3 months or longer after birth; iron or multi-micronutrient co-interventions given to both groups in 30 of 54 child trials
Effect 0.14 mean difference, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.21
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