Zinc and Increased Hemoglobin Levels

• Antioxidant supplementation for sickle cell disease.

  • 2024-05-22
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 1,609
  • The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2024(5)
  • • Abiola B Bolarinwa
    • Olabisi Oduwole
    • Joseph Okebe
    • Ann A Ogbenna
    • Oluwakemi E Otokiti
    • Adejoke T Olatinwo

  • PubMed: 38775255
  • DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd013590.pub2

  2 Insights on

  • Increased Hemoglobin Levels

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Zinc may be better than placebo at increasing haemoglobin level (g/dL) (MD 1.26, 95% CI 0.44 to 1.26; 1 study, 36 participants; low-certainty evidence).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes