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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

35 questions · 36 findings · 8 reviews

No studies found 7 · 19.4%GRADE not reported 5 · 13.9%Very low 0 · 0%Low 8 · 22.2%Moderate 14 · 38.9%High 2 · 5.6%

Multivitamin vs control

Cognitive function · cognitively healthy people in mid and late life
2 findings from 1 review

Antioxidant multivitamin and mineral supplement vs placebo or no treatment

Progression to late AMD (neovascular AMD, geographic atrophy or both) · people with AMD

Antioxidant multivitamin and mineral supplement probably leads to lower progression to late AMD (neovascular AMD, geographic atrophy, or both) compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antioxidant multivitamin and mineral supplement vs placebo or no treatment

Progression to neovascular AMD · people with AMD

Antioxidant multivitamin and mineral supplement probably leads to lower progression to neovascular AMD compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antioxidant multivitamin and mineral supplement vs placebo or no treatment

Progression to geographic atrophy · people with AMD

Antioxidant multivitamin and mineral supplement showed no clear difference in progression to geographic atrophy compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antioxidant multivitamin and mineral supplement vs placebo or no treatment

Progression to visual loss (loss of 3 or more lines on logMAR chart) · people with AMD

Antioxidant multivitamin and mineral supplement probably leads to lower progression to visual loss (loss of 3 or more lines on logMAR chart) compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pentoxifylline vs multivitamin and mineral supplement

Maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)
1 finding from 1 review
  • Rajendran 2006 (pentoxifylline 14 vs multivitamins 15): reported increased interincisal distance in the pentoxifylline group but no baseline data, so change could not be determined; excluded from meta-analysis.
    1 study · 29 participants
    GRADE not reported

Pentoxifylline vs multivitamin and mineral supplement

Severity of oral/mucosal burning pain/sensation · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)
1 finding from 1 review
  • Rajendran 2006 concluded the intervention reduced pain, but pain intensity evaluations were inadequately defined and from interview data, making mean scores difficult to interpret.
    1 study · 29 participants
    GRADE not reported

Oral nutritional supplements vs multivitamin and mineral supplement

Complications · Partcipants with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy (male n = 314, female n = 87; age (interquartile range) 59 to 74)Country:…

Oral nutritional supplements showed no clear difference in complications compared with multivitamin and mineral supplement (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Oral nutritional supplements vs multivitamin and mineral supplement

All‐cause mortality · Partcipants with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy (male n = 314, female n = 87; age (interquartile range) 59 to 74)Country:…

Oral nutritional supplements showed no clear difference in mortality compared with multivitamin and mineral supplement (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review