CLINICAL QUESTION: Are cranberry products (juice, tablets, capsules, and syrup) associated with prevention of urinary tract infections (UTIs) compared with placebo or other treatments?
BOTTOM LINE: Cranberry products are not associated with prevention of UTIs. However, lack of association of cranberry products with a reduced incidence of UTIs in clinical trials may be due to lack of participant adherence, lack of sufficient active ingredient in the cranberry product, or lack of sufficient statistical power.
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Jepson R, Craig J, Williams G Are you the author?
Centre for Population Health Sciences, Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Reference: JAMA. 2013 Oct 2;310(13):1395-6
doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.277509
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24084925
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