Licorice and Reduced Early Preterm Birth

• Herbal Medicinal Product Use During Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period: A Systematic Review.

  • 2019-05
  • Systematic Review · n = 71
  • Obstetrics and gynecology 133(5)
  • • Yolanda Muñoz Balbontín
    • Derek Stewart
    • Ashalatha Shetty
    • Catherine A Fitton
    • James S McLay

  • PubMed: 30969204
  • DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000003217

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Early Preterm Birth

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  heavy licorice use was associated with early preterm birth by 3.07-fold (95% CI 1.17-8.05)

  Effect

  Harmful

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes