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Effects of short-term zinc supplementation on cellular immunity, respiratory symptoms, and growth of malnourished Equadorian children.
Plain-language guide to PMID 8617190 (1996): double-blind randomized controlled trial of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc, cellulite.
Key Facts
- PMID
- 8617190
- Journal
- European journal of clinical nutrition
- Year
- 1996
- Study type
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Authors
- Sempértegui F et al. (11 authors)
What This Study Did, in Plain Language
What Was Tested
This randomized controlled trial looks at Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in the context of cellulite.
To assess the effect of zinc supplementation on respiratory tract disease, immunity and growth in malnourished children.
Who Took Part
By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were infants and young children, both men and women.
Fifty children (12-59 months old) recruited by height-for-age and weight-for-age deficit.
Two children of the S group dropped out.
How the Study Was Run
In design terms this was a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study.
Random assignment meant chance, not the researchers, decided who got Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc and who got the comparison, which limits bias.
Blinding on both sides kept the participants and researchers unaware of who received Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.
Some participants received a placebo instead of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc, giving a reference point.
A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
A day-care center in Quito, Ecuador.
On days 0,60 and 120, the cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to multiple antigens, and anthropometric parameters were assessed.
On days 0 and 60 serum zinc levels were also measured.
What Was Measured
The subject headings attached to it are Adjuvants, Immunologic, Child Nutrition Disorders, Cough, Ecuador, Fever, Growth Disorders and Hypersensitivity, Delayed.
What This Means in Plain Language
The paper is a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in people with cellulite.
Its findings take up roughly 5 sentences of the abstract and are left out here on purpose; the source paper is the place to read them.
The publication is from 1996 (European journal of clinical nutrition), a journal based in England.
More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, Cellulite research.
Our Notes on the Compound
Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc: Magnesium is described as required for AMPK to function.
Related Pages
Source: PubMed record. This explanation is written by PeptideWhiz from the public record. For research and education only. Not medical advice; no dosing information is given.