Turmeric and Reduced Disease Activity Score in 28 Joints

• Effect of curcumin on inflammatory markers and disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A meta-analysis.

  • 2025-11-28
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Medicine 104(48)
  • • Fuhan Zhang
    • Ben Niu

  • PubMed: 41327719
  • DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000046177

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  • Reduced Disease Activity Score in 28 Joints

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Curcumin significantly reduced Disease Activity Score in 28 joints (weighted mean difference [WMD] -1.47; 95% confidence interval [CI] -1.68 to -1.26)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes