Papers/PMID:38783413
Maternal serum unmetabolized folic acid concentration following multivitamin and mineral supplementation with or without folic acid after 12 weeks gestation: A randomized controlled trial.
Maternal & child nutrition2024The 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 gestational age at delivery (length of gestation)
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.FindingNull result“There were no significant differences between the groups for birth gestational age, weight and length, except for head circumference, which was lower in the 0 µg FA/day supplement group compared to the 800 µg FA/day group (mean difference: −0.9 cm; 95% CI, −1.8, −0.1, p = 0.04) (Table 2).”
Quoted verbatim from Maternal serum unmetabolized folic acid concentration following multivitamin and mineral supplementation with or without folic acid after 12 weeks gestation: A randomized controlled trial.. - Study
- RCT
- Dose
- 800 µg/day folic acid versus 0 µg/day, in a prenatal multivitamin and mineral supplement
- Population
- Pregnant women in South Australia randomised at 12-16 weeks gestation to a prenatal multivitamin and mineral supplement with 800 µg/day folic acid or the same formulation without folic acid, until 36 weeks; multivitamin and mineral content identical in both arms
Maternal serum unmetabolized folic acid concentration following multivitamin and mineral supplementation with or without folic acid after 12 weeks gestation: A randomized controlled trial.2024PMID:38783413Industry fundedPermalink