Component
Child watery stool frequency
Child watery stool frequency; read each linked claim for the measured context and model.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
Mean watery stools per day fell by 39% (95% CI 6–70%; P=.02), and days with watery diarrhea by 21% (10–31%) in the zinc group. Benefits were larger in stunted children.
Experimental context and source evidence
- cross_nutrient
- Child diarrheal illness days (additional_endpoint)
- evidence_location
- Indexed primary abstract.
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/zinc-clinical-sources/sazawal1995.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; complete local file", "file_sha256": "8c21c0c3ec6dedca7f245298445dfe9f71d64ff618734cd66b0eac35952c5bc8", "utf8_bytes": 2090}
- experimental_model
- Double-blind randomized controlled trial in 937 children aged 6–35 months in New Delhi
- exposure
- 20 mg elemental zinc/day; all children received oral rehydration and vitamin supplements.
- limitations
- Not every child had confirmed zinc deficiency. Specific zinc salt is not verified from abstract; efficacy belongs to this regimen and background care.
- nutrient_topic
- Zinc research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Zinc
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- The trial found fewer watery stools as well as shorter illness.
- primary_references
- [zn-clin-sazawal1995] Zinc supplementation in young children with acute diarrhea in India. (1995). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7651474/ DOI: 10.1056/nejm199509283331304
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Acute diarrheal illness
Zinc: transport, enzyme loading, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 1497–1510
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Double-blind randomized controlled trial in 937 children aged 6–35 months in New Delhi · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### zn-clin-diarrhea-stools Mean watery stools per day fell by 39% (95% CI 6–70%; P=.02), and days with watery diarrhea by 21% (10–31%) in the zinc group. Benefits were larger in stunted children. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Zinc research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: The trial found fewer watery stools as well as shorter illness. organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: Acute diarrheal illness experimental_model: Double-blind randomized controlled trial in 937 children aged 6–35 months in New Delhi limitations: Not every child had confirmed zinc deficiency. Specific zinc salt is not verified from abstract; efficacy belongs to this regimen and background care. exposure: 20 mg elemental zinc/day; all children received oral rehydration and vitamin supplements. cross_nutrient: Child diarrheal illness days (additional_endpoint) evidence_location: Indexed primary abstract. evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/zinc-clinical-sources/sazawal1995.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; complete local file", "file_sha256": "8c21c0c3ec6dedca7f245298445dfe9f71d64ff618734cd66b0eac35952c5bc8", "utf8_bytes": 2090} [zn-clin-sazawal1995] Zinc supplementation in young children with acute diarrhea in India. (1995). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7651474/ DOI: 10.1056/nejm199509283331304
Complete structured claim and evidence
The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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