Green banana-supplemented diet in the home management of acute and prolonged diarrhoea in children: a community-based trial in rural Bangladesh.
- 2010-08-04
- RCT
- Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 15(10)
- G H Rabbani
- C P Larson
- R Islam
- U R Saha
- A Kabir
- PubMed: 20831671
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02608.x
- High evidence
- Children
Children with prolonged diarrhoea receiving green banana had significantly higher recovery rates by day 10: 79.8%vs. 51.9% (RR = 0.42; 0.23-0.73), (P < 0.001)
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Large
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- cooked green banana added to diet (amount not further specified)