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Selenium (+LT4) vs placebo (+LT4): Change from baseline in assessment of symptoms such as mood, fatigue and muscle weakness Short‐Form Health Survey

Selenium (+LT4) may leads to higher change from baseline in assessment of symptoms such as mood, fatigue… compared with placebo (+LT4) (low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Selenium (+LT4) vs placebo (+LT4)
Change from baseline in assessment of symptoms such as mood, fatigue and muscle weakness Short‐Form Health Survey · participants with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Selenium (+LT4) may leads to higher change from baseline in assessment of symptoms such as mood, fatigue… compared with placebo (+LT4) (low certainty).
Selenium supplementation for Hashimoto's thyroiditis (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 4.67 [1.61, 13.5]1 study · 36 participantsLow

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Selenium supplementation for Hashimoto's thyroiditis
2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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How reviews are matched to this question

Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.