Papers/PMID:21069707
Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and newborn outcomes.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2010The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
1 finding
all-trans-retinol — no detected effect on preterm birth incidence
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.FindingNull resultreplicated ×3“Overall when trial results are pooled, Vitamin A supplementation does not affect the risk of maternal mortality (risk ratio (RR) 0.78, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.55 to 1.10, 3 studies, Nepal, Ghana,UK ), perinatal mortality, neonatal mortality, stillbirth, neonatal anaemia, preterm birth or the risk of having a low birthweight baby.”
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- meta-analysis
- Population
- Pregnant women; pooled randomised and quasi-randomised trials of antenatal vitamin A supplementation
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