Papers/PMID:23543547
Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy for maternal health and pregnancy outcomes.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2013The 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
folic acid — no detected effect on preterm birth incidence
Evidence strength: very limited.FindingNull resultreplicated ×1“This review found that folic acid supplementation has no impact on pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth (risk ratio (RR) 1.01, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.73 to 1.38; three studies, 2959 participants), and stillbirths/neonatal deaths (RR 1.33, 95% CI 0.96 to 1.85; three studies, 3110 participants).”
Quoted verbatim from Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy for maternal health and pregnancy outcomes.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Participants
- 2,959
- Population
- Pregnant women in randomised trials of oral folic acid alone or with other micronutrients versus no folic acid
Effect 1.01 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.73 to 1.38
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