Zinc and Increased 1-Minute Apgar Score

• The Efficacy of Zinc Supplementation Alone or in Combination for Improving Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2025-08-20
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Journal of evidence-based medicine 18(3)
  • • Sha Diao
    • Yuan Feng
    • Xue Peng
    • Dan Liu
    • Liang Huang
    • Linan Zeng
    • Lingli Zhang

  • PubMed: 40836314
  • DOI: 10.1111/jebm.70061

  9 Insights on

  • Increased 1-Minute Apgar Score

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  higher 1-min Apgar score (SMD = 0.28, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.49)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes