Vitamin C and Reduced Asthma Exacerbation

• Vitamin C for asthma and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.

  • 2013-10-23
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 419
  • The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2018(6)
  • • Stephen J Milan
    • Anna Hart
    • Mark Wilkinson

  • PubMed: 24154977
  • DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd010391.pub2

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Asthma Exacerbation

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  One small study reported data on asthma exacerbations in children and there were no exacerbations in either the vitamin C or placebo groups (very low quality evidence).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  daily vitamin C supplementation (varied doses across studies)