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This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of oral egg-derived protein and peptide supplementation on health outcomes, including serum albumin and phosphorus in dialysis patients, and visceral fat area, blood pressure, muscle protein synthesis, and cognitive function in adults. Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched through January 2026 for RCTs. Random-effect meta-analyses, sensitivity analyses, and publication bias assessments were performed. Risk of bias was evaluated using the RoB 2 tool. Evidence certainty was evaluated using GRADE. Results: Thirty RCTs (n = 1938) were included. In dialysis patients, egg white supplementation significantly increased serum albumin (MD: +0.42 g\/dL [95% CI: 0.12\u20130.72]; I2 = 82.4%; four RCTs; GRADE: very low) and decreased serum phosphorus (MD: \u22122.04 mg\/dL [\u22122.50, \u22121.58]; I2 = 22%; two RCTs; GRADE: low). Leave-one-out sensitivity analysis showed consistency. Lactic-fermented egg white peptide reduced the visceral fat area (MD: \u221211.6 cm2 [\u221218.5, \u22124.8]; two RCTs; GRADE: very low). NWT-03 egg protein hydrolysate showed no significant effect on blood pressure (MD: +0.5 mmHg [\u22121.8, +2.7]; two RCTs). Publication bias was not detected. Conclusions: Egg-derived protein supplementation provides clinical benefits in dialysis patients with hypoalbuminemia, but evidence is lacking supporting its routine use in healthy adults or other clinical populations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu18071054","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,26]],"date-time":"2026-03-26T13:48:41Z","timestamp":1774532921000},"page":"1054","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Oral Egg-Derived Protein and Peptide Supplementation for Health Outcomes in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3996-3472","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eun Jeong","family":"Gong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Institute for Liver and Digestive Diseases, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Institute of New Frontier Research, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4908-5431","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chang Seok","family":"Bang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Institute for Liver and Digestive Diseases, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Institute of New Frontier Research, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5418-500X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jae Jun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of New Frontier Research, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong Seok","family":"Shin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"391","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.ki.5002585","article-title":"A proposed nomenclature and diagnostic criteria for protein-energy wasting in acute and chronic kidney disease","volume":"73","author":"Fouque","year":"2008","journal-title":"Kidney Int."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1880","DOI":"10.1093\/ndt\/gfh941","article-title":"Revisiting mortality predictability of serum albumin in the dialysis population: Time dependency, longitudinal changes and population-attributable fraction","volume":"20","author":"Kilpatrick","year":"2005","journal-title":"Nephrol. 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