Papers/PMID:33724446
Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2021The 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
Zn(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“The evidence suggests that zinc supplementation may result in little or no difference in reducing preterm births (risk ratio (RR) 0.87, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.74 to 1.03; 21 studies, 9851 participants; low-certainty evidence).”
Quoted verbatim from Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Participants
- 9,851
- Population
- Pregnant women randomised before 27 weeks' gestation to zinc supplementation versus placebo or no zinc; 21 studies
Effect 0.87 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.74 to 1.03
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