Papers/PMID:34120246
Effect of zinc supplementation on mortality in under 5-year children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
European journal of nutrition2022The record
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Zn(2+) — decreases all-cause mortality
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Findingreplicated ×5“Combining 30 RRs from 28 RCTs including 237,068 participants revealed that zinc supplementation has significantly reduced the risk of all-causes mortality by 16% in children (SRR: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.74, 0.96).”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of zinc supplementation on mortality in under 5-year children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Children under 5 years in randomised trials of zinc supplementation; pooled across all doses and follow-up durations
Effect 0.84 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.74 to 0.96
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