Papers/PMID:27916873
The Effect of Low Dose Iron and Zinc Intake on Child Micronutrient Status and Development during the First 1000 Days of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Nutrients2016The record
2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints · 2 null
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
2 findings
Zn(2+) — no detected effect on low birth weight incidence
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.FindingNull result“We found that delivering up to 21 mg of zinc daily during pregnancy has no significant effect on birth weights of offspring (p = 0.94; Figure S25) or the prevalence of low birth weight (p = 0.83; Figure S26).”
Quoted verbatim from The Effect of Low Dose Iron and Zinc Intake on Child Micronutrient Status and Development during the First 1000 Days of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Dose
- zinc up to 21 mg daily
- Population
- Pregnant women in six pooled randomised and quasi-randomised trials of zinc at doses up to 21 mg daily; controls received no supplement, placebo, a lower zinc dose, or the same micronutrients without zinc
The Effect of Low Dose Iron and Zinc Intake on Child Micronutrient Status and Development during the First 1000 Days of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.2016PMID:27916873Permalink
Zn(2+) — no detected effect on birth weight
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.FindingNull resultreplicated ×1“We found that delivering up to 21 mg of zinc daily during pregnancy has no significant effect on birth weights of offspring (p = 0.94; Figure S25) or the prevalence of low birth weight (p = 0.83; Figure S26).”
Quoted verbatim from The Effect of Low Dose Iron and Zinc Intake on Child Micronutrient Status and Development during the First 1000 Days of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Dose
- zinc up to 21 mg daily
- Population
- Pregnant women in eight pooled randomised and quasi-randomised trials of zinc at doses up to 21 mg daily; controls received no supplement, placebo, a lower zinc dose, or the same micronutrients without zinc
The Effect of Low Dose Iron and Zinc Intake on Child Micronutrient Status and Development during the First 1000 Days of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.2016PMID:27916873Permalink