Does creatine help kidney patients gain muscle?
Effect of Creatine Supplementation on Body Composition and Malnutrition-Inflammation Score in Hemodialysis Patients: An Exploratory 1-Year, Balanced, Double-Blind Design
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This study checks if taking creatine every day helps people on dialysis keep or gain muscle and feel healthier.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
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Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
This study checks if taking creatine every day helps people on dialysis keep or gain muscle and feel healthier.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 574 / 90
Evidence Score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. Considered the gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
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Marini ACB, Schincaglia RM, Candow DG, Pimentel GD
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Taking a creatine supplement every day might help kidney dialysis patients gain more muscle and fight muscle loss over time.
If you're on dialysis, taking a creatine supplement every day for a year might help your muscles hold more water and get bigger, and most people in the study saw some benefit.
Taking a creatine supplement every day might help kidney patients on dialysis keep more muscle mass over time.
Taking creatine every day for a year doesn’t help improve nutrition or reduce inflammation in people on dialysis, according to this claim.
If you're on dialysis, taking 5 grams of creatine every day for a year might add about three-quarters of a liter of water inside your cells, which could help you gain lean body mass.