Multivitamin and iron supplementation to prevent periconceptional anemia in rural tanzanian women: a randomized, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Women's nutritional status during conception and early pregnancy can influence maternal and infant outcomes. This study examined the efficacy of pre-pregnancy supplementation with iron and multivitamins to reduce the prevalence of anemia during the periconceptional period among rural Tanzanian women and adolescent girls.

Design

A double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted in which participants were individually randomized to receive daily oral supplements of folic acid alone, folic acid and iron, or folic acid, iron, and vitamins A, B-complex, C, and E at approximately single recommended dietary allowance (RDA) doses for six months.

Setting

Rural Rufiji District, Tanzania.

Subjects

Non-pregnant women and adolescent girls aged 15-29 years

SUBMITTER: Gunaratna NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4408096 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature