Vitamin C and Reduced Length of Hospitalization

• Effects of Vitamin C Supplements on Clinical Outcomes and Hospitalization Duration for Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2024-11-11
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 3,429
  • Nutrition reviews 83(7)
  • • Maorong Qin
    • Kun Xu
    • Zhuo Chen
    • Xiaojie Wen
    • Yifu Tang
    • Yangyu Gao
    • Hao Zhang
    • Xingming Ma

  • PubMed: 39527016
  • DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae154

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Length of Hospitalization

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  no shortening of the length of hospitalization (MD = 1.16, 95% CI = -0.13-2.44, P = .08) compared with the control group

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  not stated in abstract