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Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: a meta-analysis of effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortality

Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: a meta-analysis of effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortality
Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: a meta-analysis of effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortality
Background: multiple micronutrient deficiencies are common among women in low-income countries and may adversely affect pregnancy outcomes.

Objective: to conduct a meta-analysis of the effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortality of supplementation during pregnancy with multiple micronutrients compared with iron-folic acid in recent randomized, controlled trials.

Methods: twelve randomized, controlled trials were included in the analysis (Bangladesh; Burkina Faso; China; Guinea-Bissau; Indramayu and Lombok, Indonesia; Mexico; Sarlahi and Janakur, Nepal; Niger; Pakistan; and Zimbabwe), all providing approximately 1 recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of multiple micronutrients or iron-folic acid to presumed HIV-negative women.

Results: supplementation providing approximately I RDA of multiple micronutrients did not decrease the risk of stillbirth (OR = 1.01; 95% CI, 0.88 to 1.16), early neonatal mortality (OR = 1.23; 95% CI, 0.95 to 1.59), late neonatal mortality (OR = 0.94; 95% CI, 0.73 to 1.23), or perinatal mortality (OR = 1.11; 95% CI, 0.93 to 1.33).

Conclusions: our meta-analysis provides consistent evidence that supplementation providing approximately 1 RDA of multiple micronutrients during pregnancy does not result in any reduction in stillbirths or in early or late neonatal deaths compared with iron-folic acid alone.
0379-5721
S547-S555
Ronsmans, Carine
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Fisher, David J.
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Osmond, Clive
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Margetts, Barrie M.
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Fall, Caroline H.D.
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Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group MMSG
Ronsmans, Carine
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Fisher, David J.
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Osmond, Clive
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Margetts, Barrie M.
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Fall, Caroline H.D.
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Ronsmans, Carine, Fisher, David J., Osmond, Clive, Margetts, Barrie M. and Fall, Caroline H.D. , Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group MMSG (2009) Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: a meta-analysis of effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortality. [in special issue: Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy in Developing Country Settings] Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 30, supplement 4, S547-S555. (PMID:20120796)

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Abstract

Background: multiple micronutrient deficiencies are common among women in low-income countries and may adversely affect pregnancy outcomes.

Objective: to conduct a meta-analysis of the effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortality of supplementation during pregnancy with multiple micronutrients compared with iron-folic acid in recent randomized, controlled trials.

Methods: twelve randomized, controlled trials were included in the analysis (Bangladesh; Burkina Faso; China; Guinea-Bissau; Indramayu and Lombok, Indonesia; Mexico; Sarlahi and Janakur, Nepal; Niger; Pakistan; and Zimbabwe), all providing approximately 1 recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of multiple micronutrients or iron-folic acid to presumed HIV-negative women.

Results: supplementation providing approximately I RDA of multiple micronutrients did not decrease the risk of stillbirth (OR = 1.01; 95% CI, 0.88 to 1.16), early neonatal mortality (OR = 1.23; 95% CI, 0.95 to 1.59), late neonatal mortality (OR = 0.94; 95% CI, 0.73 to 1.23), or perinatal mortality (OR = 1.11; 95% CI, 0.93 to 1.33).

Conclusions: our meta-analysis provides consistent evidence that supplementation providing approximately 1 RDA of multiple micronutrients during pregnancy does not result in any reduction in stillbirths or in early or late neonatal deaths compared with iron-folic acid alone.

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Published date: December 2009
Organisations: Dev Origins of Health & Disease

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Local EPrints ID: 79421
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/79421
ISSN: 0379-5721
PURE UUID: d05fe200-0968-423f-b6a9-eb73a3cff888
ORCID for Clive Osmond: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9054-4655
ORCID for Caroline H.D. Fall: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4402-5552

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Date deposited: 16 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:38

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Author: Carine Ronsmans
Author: David J. Fisher
Author: Clive Osmond ORCID iD
Corporate Author: Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group MMSG

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