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Trial, not randomized · measured the question itself

4-week study in 46 older women with dementia: taurine drinks raised memory test scores

Bae and colleagues · Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2019

Original title: The Development of Taurine Supplementary Menus for the Prevention of Dementia and Their Positive Effect on the Cognitive Function in the Elderly with Dementia.

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What the study found

Points to benefit

Memory test (MMSE-DS) rose to 16.7 points in the taurine group and 16.9 in the taurine plus lotus group (p < 0.01); starting scores were about 14. Control group change not given in abstract.

The study at a glance

Type of study
Trial, not randomized
Who or what was studied
46 people · elderly women with dementia
What was tested
A taurine drink, or taurine plus lotus seed drink, with meals for 4 weeks, vs usual diet
What it measured
The question itself: aging and age-related decline
How long
4 weeks
Who has a stake
No disclosure in PubMed
No disclosure in PubMed.
Journal
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2019
Source
PubMed record 31468412. This page is based on the abstract only.

How much this study counts

  • –Not randomized: the groups may differ in ways that affect the result.
  • –Small: 46 people. Small trials can miss real effects or find chance ones.
  • –Short: 4 weeks. Longer-term effects are unknown.
  • ✓Measured the question itself: aging and age-related decline.
  • •The PubMed record has no conflict-of-interest statement.
  • •Summarized from the PubMed abstract only. The full paper may hold details the abstract leaves out.

✓ Strength– Limit• Note

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Where this study sits

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↑ Stronger evidence

  1. Trials in people: aging and age-related decline

    1

    1 benefit

    ↑ This study is the ringed dot

  2. Trials in people: other measures

    3

    1 benefit, 1 mixed, 1 no difference

  3. Trials in people: lab tests or safety

    2

    2 benefit

  4. Population studies

    2

    1 no difference, 1 harm

  5. Blood levels and genes

    2

    1 mixed, 1 no direction

  6. Animals

    2

    1 benefit, 1 no difference

  7. Cells in a dish

    1

    1 benefit

↓ Weaker evidence

  • Points to benefit
  • Mixed
  • No difference
  • No direction
  • Points to harm

How it fits with the other research

The short answer to “Does taurine slow aging?”

Not shown in people.

Confidence: very low. Based on 13 on-topic papers.

Read the full answer

Few other papers sit on the same step, so there is little to compare it with.

Other papers on the same step

None among the papers we read.

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