Taurine and Reduced High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Level

• Efficacy of taurine-enhanced enteral nutrition in improving the outcomes of critically ill patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2024-06
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 236
  • Clinical nutrition ESPEN 61
  • • Chi Zhang
    • Ming-Wei Sun
    • Guang-Yu Yang
    • Yu Wang
    • Charles Damien Lu
    • Hua Jiang

  • PubMed: 38777434
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.03.012

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Level

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  However, taurine-enhanced EN had no significant impact on high-sensitivity-C-reactive protein levels (MD = -0.41, p = 0.40, 95% CI [-1.35, 0.54], two trials, 60 participants, low quality).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No