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Calcium supplementation/fortification vs placebo (outcomes: Pre‐eclampsia
- Population
- women who are not yet pregnant and women in the early stages of pregnancy
- Intervention
- Calcium supplementation/fortification
- Comparison
- placebo (outcomes
- Outcome
- Pre‐eclampsia
Calcium supplementation showed no clear difference in pre‐eclampsia compared with placebo (maternal outcomes) commencing before or early (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Calcium supplementation vs placebo (maternal outcomes) commencing before or early Pre‐eclampsia · women who are not yet pregnant and women in the early stages of pregnancy Calcium supplementation showed no clear difference in pre‐eclampsia compared with placebo (maternal outcomes) commencing before or early (low certainty). Calcium supplementation commencing before or early in pregnancy, for preventing hypertensive disorders of… (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.8 [0.61, 1.06] | 1 study · 579 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium supplementation commencing before or early in pregnancy, for preventing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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