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Evidence-Based Supplement Research

Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Increased Height Velocity

Doses used in studies

CFU/day: 500 million (median 500 million, IQR 500 million–500 million) — 1 study

Time to effect

Median: 6 months · IQR 6 months–6 months · Range 6 months–6 months — Reported in 1 of 1 study

1 of 1 paper

Probiotics Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Lactobacillus casei CRL 431 modestly increase growth, but not iron and zinc status, among Indonesian children aged 1-6 years.
- 2013-07
- RCT · n = 494
- The Journal of nutrition 143(7)
- - Rina Agustina
  - Ingeborg M J Bovee-Oudenhoven
  - Widjaja Lukito
  - Umi Fahmida
  - Ondine van de Rest
  - Michael B Zimmermann
  - Agus Firmansyah
  - Ratna Wulanti
  - Ruud Albers
  - Ellen G H M van den Heuvel
  - Frans J Kok
- PubMed: 23700339
- DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.166397
9 Insights on
- Increased Height Velocity
- High evidence
- Large Human Trial
- Children
monthly weight [0.03 (95% CI: 0.002, 0.05) kg/mo] and height [0.03 (95% CI: 0.01, 0.05) cm/mo] velocities
Effect
Beneficial
Effect size
Small
Significant
Yes
Dose
5 × 10^8 CFU/d