L-Arginine and Increased Birth Weight

• Efficacy of L-Arginine for Preventing Preeclampsia and Improving Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in High-Risk Pregnancies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2024-10-30
  • Systematic Review · n = 1,165
  • International journal of fertility & sterility 18(4)
  • • Fatemeh Naderipour
    • Fariba Keshavarzi
    • Hosna Mirfakhraee
    • Parisa Dini
    • Niousha Jamshidnezhad
    • Nastaran Abolghasem
    • Foroogh Sabzghabaei
    • Fatemeh Shariatinia

  • PubMed: 39564822
  • DOI: 10.22074/ijfs.2024.2016433.1580

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  There was a statistically significant difference in neonatal birth weight between the two groups (SMD: -0.16, 95% CI: -31, -0.01).

  Effect

  Harmful

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• Effects of prenatal oral L-arginine on birth outcomes: a meta-analysis.

  • 2021-11-23
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 45
  • Scientific reports 11(1)
  • • Eita Goto

  • PubMed: 34815460
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02182-6

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  significantly increased birthweight and gestational age (n = 8 and 5, respectively)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes