A systematic review of effect of prenatal zinc supplementation on birthweight, meta-analysis of 17 randomized controlled trials

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-140

  Gebreselassie, Samson G ^a   Gashe, Fikre E ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Impact studies; Medical research; Meta analysis; Randomized control trails; Systematic review; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

ZINC; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79958257668     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Hambidge M. Zinc and health, current status and future direction. J Nutr, 2000, 130, 1344-9.
2. Prasad AS. Discovery of human zinc deficiency and studies in an experimental human model. Am J Clin Nutr, 1991, 53(2), 403-12.
3. Food and Agriculture Organization. Zinc. In, Human vitamin and mineral requirements. Bangkok, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2002. (www.fao.org/docrep/004/Y2809E/y2809e0m.htm#bm22.1, accessed on 25 October, 2009).
4. Shah D, Sachdev HP. Effect of gestational zinc deficiency on pregnancy outcomes, summary of observation studies and zinc supplementation trials. Br J Nutr, 2001, 85 (SUPPL 2), S101-8.
5. Mambidge KM, Neldner KH, Walravens PA. Zinc, acrodermatitis enteropathica and congenital malformation (letter). Lancet, 1975, 1, 577-8.
6. Jameson S. Zinc status in pregnancy, the effect of zinc therapy on perinatal mortality, prematurity and placental ablation. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1993, 678, 178-92.
7. Apgar J. Effect of zinc deficiency on parturition in the rat. Am J Physiol, 1968, 215, 160-3.
8. King JC. Determinants of maternal zinc status during pregnancy. Am J Clin Nutr, 2000, 71(5 SUPPL), 1334-43.
9. Gibson RS. Zinc, the missing link in combating micronutrient malnutrition in developing countries. Proc Nutr Soc, 2006, 65, 51-60.
10. Garg HK, Singhal KC, Arshad Z. A study of the effect of oral zinc supplementation during pregnancy on pregnancy outcome. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol, 1993, 37, 276-84.
11. Goldenberg RL, Tamura T, Neggers Y, Cooper RL, Johnston KE, DuBard MB et al. The effect of zinc supplementation on pregnancy outcome. JAMA, 1995, 274, 463-8.
12. Tamura T, Goldenberg RL. Zinc nutriture and pregnancy outcome. Nutr Res, 1996, 16, 139-81.
13. Castillo-Durán C, Marin VB, Alcázar LS, Iturralde H, Ruz M. Controlled trial of zinc supplementation in Chilean pregnant adolescents. Nutr Res, 2001, 21, 715-24.
14. Danesh A, Janghorbani M, Mohammadi B. Effects of zinc supplementation during pregnancy on pregnancy outcome in women with history of preterm delivery, a double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 2010, 23, 403-8.
15. Hunt IF, Murphy NJ, Cleaver AE, Faraji B, Swendseid ME, Browdy BL et al. Zinc supplementation during pregnancy in low-income teenagers of Mexican descent, effects on selected blood constituents and on progress and outcome of pregnancy. Am J Clin Nutr, 1985, 42, 815-28.
16. Hunt IF, Murphy NJ, Cleaver AE, Faraji B, Swendseid ME, Coulson AH et al. Zinc supplementation during pregnancy, effects on selected blood constituents and on progress and outcome of pregnancy in lowincome women of Mexican descent. Am J Clin Nutr, 1984, 40, 508-21.
17. Mahomed K, James DK, Golding J, McCabe R. Zinc supplementation during pregnancy, a double blind randomized controlled trial. BMJ, 1989, 299, 826-30.
18. Simmer K, Lort-Phillips L, James C, Thompson RP. A double-blind trial of zinc supplementation in pregnancy. Eur J Clin Nutr, 1991, 45, 139-44.
19. Robertson JS, Heywood B, Atkinson SM. Zinc supplementation during pregnancy. J Public Health Med, 1991, 13, 227-9.
20. Caulfield LE, Zavaleta N, Figueroa A, Leon Z. Maternal zinc supplementation does not affect size at birth or pregnancy duration in Peru. J Nutr, 1999, 129, 1563-8.
21. Merialdi M, Caulfield LE, Zavaleta N, Figueroa A, Costigan KA, Dominici F et al. Randomized controlled trial of prenatal zinc supplementation and fetal bone growth. Am J Clin Nutr, 2004, 79, 826-30.
22. Hafeez A, Mehmood G, Mazha F. Oral zinc supplementation in pregnant women and its effect on birth weight, a randomized controlled trial. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 2005, 90, F170-1.
23. Dijkhuizen MA, Wieringa FT. Vitamin A, iron and zinc deficiency in Indonesia, micronutrient interactions and effects of supplementation. Wageningen, Wageningen University, 2001., 200 p. (PhD thesis).
24. Saaka M, Oosthuizen J, Beatty S. Effect of prenatal zinc supplementation on birthweight. J Health Popul Nutr, 2009, 27, 619-31.
25. Osendarp SJ, van Raaij JM, Arifeen SE, Wahed M, Baqui AH, Fuchs GJ. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the effect of zinc supplementation during pregnancy on pregnancy outcome in Bangladeshi urban poor. Am J Clin Nutr, 2000, 71, 114-9.
26. Mahomed K, Bhutta Z, Middleton P. Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome, review. New York, NY, John Wiley and Sons, 2009, 46-8.
27. Ross SM, Nel E, Naeye RL. Differing effects of low and high bulk maternal dietary supplements during pregnancy. Early Hum Dev, 1985, 10, 295-302.
28. Cherry FF, Sandstead HH, Rojas P, Johnson LK, Batson HK, Wang XB. Adolescent pregnancy, associations among body weight, zinc nutriture and pregnancy outcome. Am J Clin Nutr, 1989, 50, 945-54.
29. Jonsson B, Hauge B, Larsen MF, Hald F. Zinc supplementation during pregnancy, a double blind randomized controlled trial. Acta Obstetr Gynaecol Scandinavica, 1996, 75, 725-9.
30. Kynast G, Saling E. Effect of oral zinc application during pregnancy. Gynecol Obstet Invest, 1986, 21, 117-23.
31. Grissom RJ and Kim JJ. Effect sizes for research, a broad practical approach. 2nd ed. New Jersey, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005, 98-117.
32. Christian P, Khatry SK, LeClerq SC, Shrestha SR, Kimbrough-Pradham E, West KP. Iron and zinc interactions among pregnant Nepali women. Nutr Res, 2001, 21, 141-8.
33. World Bank. Data, how we classify countries. Washington, DC, World Bank, 2010. (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications, accessed on 12 July, 2010).
34. Higashi A, Tajiri A, Matsukura M, Matsuda I. A prospective survey of serial maternal serum zinc levels and pregnancy outcome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 1988, 7, 430-3.
35. Rwebembera AA, Munubhi EK, Manji KP, Mpembeni R, Philip J. Relationship between infant birth weight ≤2000 g and maternal zinc levels at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. J Trop Pediatr, 2006, 52, 118-25.
36. Yosadhara P, Ramaraju LA, Rashan L. Trace minerals in pregnancy, copper and zinc. Nutr Res, 1991, 11, 15-21.
37. Cavdar AO, Söylemez F, B. Cengiz B, Aydemir F. Zinc status during pregnancy, a longitudinal study. J Trace Elements in Experiment Med, 2003, 16, 175-9.
38. Neggers YH, Cutter GR, Acton RT, Alvarez JO, Bonner JL, Goldenberg RL et al. A positive association between maternal serum zinc concentration and birth weight. Am J Clin Nutr, 1990, 51, 678-84.
39. Ghosh A, Fong LY, Wan CW, Liang ST, Woo JS, Wong V. Zinc deficiency is not a cause for abortion, congenital abnormality and small-for-gestational age infant in Chinese women. Br J Obstet Gynaecol, 1985, 92, 886-91.
40. Hunt IF, Murphy NJ, Cleaver AE, Faraji B, Swendseid ME, Coulson AH et al. Zinc supplementation during pregnancy, zinc concentration of serum and hair from low-income women of Mexican descent. Am J Clin Nutr, 1989, 37, 572-82.