Iron supplements in pregnant women with normal iron status: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Effects of daily iron supplementation in iron replete pregnancy are unclear. This systematic review aimed to assess benefits and harms of oral iron supplements in pregnant women without anemia and iron deficiency.

Material and methods

We predefined and registered a protocol in PROSPERO (CRD42020186210) and performed the review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology. We searched for randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and observational studies comparing daily oral iron supplementation with no iron supplements in non-anemic iron replete pregnant women. Searches were conducted in MEDLINE (by PubMed), EMBASE (by OVID), Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov from inception to September 2022 without langua

SUBMITTER: Hansen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10407016 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature