Zinc vs no zinc supplementation: Diarrhea
Zinc supplementation probably leads to lower incidence of all‐cause diarrhea compared with no zinc supplementation (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Zinc supplementation vs no zinc supplementation Incidence of all‐cause diarrhea · otherwise healthy children aged 6 months to 12 years of age Zinc supplementation probably leads to lower incidence of all‐cause diarrhea compared with no zinc supplementation (moderate certainty). Zinc supplementation for preventing mortality, morbidity, and growth failure in children aged 6 months to 12… (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.91 [0.9, 0.93] | 39 studies · 19468 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc supplementation for preventing mortality, morbidity, and growth failure in children aged 6 months to 12 years 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
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.