Effect of micronutrient supplements on low-risk pregnancies in high-income countries: a systematic quantitative literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the quantity and focus of recent empirical research regarding the effect of micronutrient supplementation on live birth outcomes in low-risk pregnancies from high-income countries.

Design

A systematic quantitative literature review.

Setting

Low-risk pregnancies in World Bank-classified high-income countries, 2019.

Results

Using carefully selected search criteria, a total of 2475 publications were identified, of which seventeen papers met the inclusion criteria for this review. Data contributing to nine of the studies were sourced from four cohorts; research originated from ten countries. These cohorts exhibited a large number of participants, stable data and a low probability of bias. The most recent empirical data offered by these studies w

SUBMITTER: James-McAlpine JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11374547 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature