Papers/PMID:41510785
Oral iron supplements for children in malaria-endemic areas.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2026The 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
iron(2+) — no detected effect on all-cause mortality
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.FindingNull resultreplicated ×1“Iron may result in little or no difference in mortality (RR 1.15, 95% CI 0.76 to 1.74; 20 trials, 8809 children; low-certainty evidence) and hospitalisations or clinic visits (RR 0.99, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.04; 10 trials, 14,011 children; low-certainty evidence).”
Quoted verbatim from Oral iron supplements for children in malaria-endemic areas.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Participants
- 8,809
- Population
- Children under 18 years living in malaria-endemic areas (hyperendemic or holoendemic transmission); oral iron alone versus placebo or no treatment
Effect 1.15 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.76 to 1.74
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