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The effect of iodine supplementation in pregnancy on early childhood neurodevelopment and clinical outcomes: results of an aborted randomised placebo-controlled trial.

Trials2015The record ↗

  1. Finding, moderate evidenceno difference foundLow birth weight incidence

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • “The percentage of infants classified as low birth weight (<2500 g) or small for gestational age or large for gestational age, or with a neonatal complication or major congenital abnormality, did not differ between the treatment and placebo groups (Table 4).”
    Study
    RCT
    Dose studied
    150 μg iodine as potassium iodide, one tablet daily from randomisation to end of pregnancy
    Population
    Infants of 59 pregnant women in Adelaide, Australia, randomised before 20 weeks of gestation to iodine or placebo; a trial stopped early after funding withdrawal

Study record

Design
randomised controlled trial
Species
human
Population
Pregnant women under 20 weeks' gestation with a singleton pregnancy, Adelaide, Australia
Participants
59
Comparator
placebo
Duration
112 days
Endpoints measured
36