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Effects of Calcium Supplementation on Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension-Reply

Abstract

In Reply. —Drs Roberts and D'Abarno point out the hetero geneity of populations in our meta-analysis of calcium supplementation in pregnancy. We addressed this important issue by conducting sensitivity analyses according to dose and duration of calcium supplementation, methodological quality, parity, and maternal age and race. In selected analyses, we found larger effects for trials involving younger vs older women and high-quality vs …

Authors

Bucher HC; Guyatt GH; Cook DJ; Cook RJ

Journal

JAMA, Vol. 276, No. 17, pp. 1388–1388

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Publication Date

November 6, 1996

DOI

10.1001/jama.1996.03540170032026

ISSN

0098-7484