Zinc and Reduced Infection Rate

• The role of specific nutrients in preventing immune system and blood cell disorders: an umbrella review.

  • 2025-12-01
  • Systematic Review
  • Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene 66(4)
  • • Andrea Vecchietti
    • Paolo Strano
    • Giuseppa Minutolo
    • Vittorio Grieco
    • Giorgia Cappuccio
    • Giuseppa Granvillano
    • Laura Confalonieri
    • Giovanni Leonardo Briganti
    • Eleonora Raso
    • Martina Chimienti
    • Marzia Pellegrini
    • Michelangelo Mercogliano
    • Gloria Spatari
    • Camilla Lugli
    • Teresa Urbano
    • Antonio Lorenzon

  • PubMed: 42256481
  • DOI: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2025.66.4.3636

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Infection Rate

  • High evidence

  Zinc showed significant preventive efficacy (RR 0.68, 95% CI 0.58-0.80)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes