Papers/PMID:37892471
Effects of Zinc Supplementation on Inflammatory and Cognitive Parameters in Middle-Aged Women with Overweight or Obesity.
Nutrients2023The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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Zn(2+) — increases Mini-Mental State Examination total score
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.Finding“Specifically, the mean MMSE score was significantly higher in the Zn-supplemented group (28.46 (95% CI 27.95–28.97)) in comparison to the placebo group (27.57 (95% CI 26.91–28.94)), indicating improved performance on the test following supplementation.”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of Zinc Supplementation on Inflammatory and Cognitive Parameters in Middle-Aged Women with Overweight or Obesity.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 3 months
- Dose
- 30 mg/day zinc as chelated zinc bisglycinate, one capsule daily after a main meal for 12 weeks
- Population
- Overweight or obese women aged 40 to 60 years, pilot double-blind placebo-controlled trial; post-intervention scores after 12 weeks, adjusted for baseline
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