Whey Protein and Improved 6-minute Walking Distance

• The effects of various nutritional supplements in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a network meta-analysis.

  • 2025-05-08
  • Systematic Review
  • BMC pulmonary medicine 25(1)
  • • Jia Zeng
    • Jing Cheng
    • Liangdong Zhu
    • Sufang Tang

  • PubMed: 40340688
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12890-025-03667-0

  2 Insights on

  • Improved 6-minute Walking Distance

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Whey proteins [MD = 11, 95% CrI (9.2, 13)] significantly improved 6-minute walk distance (6MWD).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes