Vitamin C as a Supplementary Therapy in Relieving Symptoms of the Common Cold: A Meta-Analysis of 10 Randomized Controlled Trials

Aim. To investigate whether vitamin C performs well as a supplemental treatment for common cold. Method. After systematically searching through the National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Cochrane Library, Elsevier, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), VIP databases, and Wanfang databases,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BioMed research international 2020, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-9
Hauptverfasser:	Zhao, Ye, Wang, Hongwu, Zhao, Wenli, Ran, Li, Bu, Huaien
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antiviral agents Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use Ascorbic acid Ascorbic Acid - therapeutic use Bronchitis Care and treatment Child, Preschool Clinical trials Cold (Disease) Cold treatment Colds Common cold Common Cold - drug therapy Diagnosis Dietary Supplements Dosage and administration Female Humans Infections Libraries Male Meta-analysis Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Risk factors Supplements Therapy Vitamin C Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Aim. To investigate whether vitamin C performs well as a supplemental treatment for common cold. Method. After systematically searching through the National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Cochrane Library, Elsevier, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), VIP databases, and Wanfang databases, 10 randomized controlled trials were selected for our meta-analysis with RevMan 5.3 software. Published in China, all 10 studies evaluated the effect of combined vitamin C and antiviral therapy for the treatment of common cold. Results. The total efficacy (RR=1.27, 95% CI (1.08, 1.48), P=0.003), the time for symptom amelioration (MD=−15.84, 95% CI (-17.02, -14.66), P
ISSN:	2314-6133 2314-6141
DOI:	10.1155/2020/8573742