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Lactose‐free vs lactose‐containing milk, milk products, or foodstuffs

Duration of diarrhoea · Young children with acute diarrhoea

1 finding from 1 review

Lactose avoidance for young children with acute diarrhoea 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
16 studies · 1467 participants
Low

Lactose‐free vs lactose‐containing milk, milk products, or foodstuffs

Treatment failure · Young children with acute diarrhoea

Lactose‐free probably leads to lower treatment failure compared with lactose‐containing milk, milk products, or foodstuffs (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Lactose avoidance for young children with acute diarrhoea 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.52 [0.39, 0.68]
18 studies · 1470 participants
Moderate

Lactose‐free vs lactose‐containing milk, milk products, or foodstuffs

Need for hospitalization · Young children with acute diarrhoea

It is very uncertain whether lactose‐free changes need for hospitalization compared with lactose‐containing milk, milk products, or foodstuffs (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Lactose avoidance for young children with acute diarrhoea 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.79 [0.09, 6.65]
1 study · 83 participants
Very low