Turmeric and Reduced Tender Joint Count

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  • 2026-01-12
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 244
  • Frontiers in immunology 16
  • • Yihua Fan
    • Zhiqiang Yi
    • Shijie Mao
    • Jialu Wen
    • Jiwei Zhang
    • Qiang Zhang
    • Ruihan Liu

  • PubMed: 41601662
  • DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1726157

  8 Insights on

  • Reduced Tender Joint Count

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  tender joint count (TJC) (SMD = -2.84, 95%CI(-4.47, -1.22), P = 0.0006; very low)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes