Vitamin C and Reduced Risk of Premature Rupture of Membranes

• Vitamin C Levels in Pregnant Women and the Efficacy of Vitamin C Supplements in Preventing Premature Rupture of Membranes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • 2024-05-22
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Balkan medical journal 41(4)
  • • Ana V Pejcic
    • Nemanja Z Petrovic
    • Milan D Djordjic
    • Milos N Milosavljevic

  • PubMed: 38775321
  • DOI: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2024-2-79

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Risk of Premature Rupture of Membranes

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  Vitamin C supplementation significantly reduced the risk of preterm or term PROM [risk ratio (RR), 0.57; 95% CI: 0.39, 0.81; p < 0.001; I^2 = 12.17%)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes