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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

234 questions · 247 findings · 26 reviews

No studies found 40 · 16.2%GRADE not reported 64 · 25.9%Very low 40 · 16.2%Low 65 · 26.3%Moderate 29 · 11.7%High 9 · 3.6%

Calcium vs placebo (offspring outcomes) commencing before or early

Low birthweight · women who are not yet pregnant and women in the early stages of pregnancy

Calcium showed no clear difference in birthweight < 2500 g compared with placebo (offspring outcomes) commencing before or early (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Calcium vs placebo (offspring outcomes) commencing before or early

Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes · women who are not yet pregnant and women in the early stages of pregnancy

It is very uncertain whether calcium changes apgar < 7 at 5 minutes compared with placebo (offspring outcomes) commencing before or early (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Calcium vs placebo (offspring outcomes) commencing before or early

Perinatal death, or NICU admission for > 24 hours (or both) · women who are not yet pregnant and women in the early stages of pregnancy

Calcium showed no clear difference in perinatal death, or NICU admission for > 24 hours (or both) compared with placebo (offspring outcomes) commencing before or early (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Calcium vs placebo (offspring outcomes) commencing before or early

Pregnancy loss, stillbirth or neonatal death before discharge · women who are not yet pregnant and women in the early stages of pregnancy

Calcium showed no clear difference in pregnancy loss, stillbirth or NND before discharge compared with placebo (offspring outcomes) commencing before or early (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Calcium vs placebo

Incidence: lung cancer ‐ women · white healthy postmenopausal women over 55 years

Calcium showed no clear difference in incidence: lung cancer ‐ women compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Calcium vs placebo

Adverse events: renal calculi · white healthy postmenopausal women over 55 years

Calcium showed no clear difference in adverse events: renal calculi compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Calcium vs placebo

Incidence: all cancers · white healthy postmenopausal women over 55 years

Calcium showed no clear difference in incidence: all cancers compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Vitamin D plus calcium vs placebo

Adverse events: serum calcium above normal · relatively healthy postmenopausal women

Vitamin D plus calcium showed no clear difference in adverse events: serum calcium above normal compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review