Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation compared to iron-folic acid affects micronutrient status but does not eliminate deficiencies in a randomized controlled trial among pregnant women of rural Bangladesh

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 1260-1270

  Schulze, Kerry J ^a   Mehra, Sucheta ^a   Shaikh, Saijuddin ^b   Ali, Hasmot ^b   Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^b   Wu, Lee S F ^a   Mitra, Maithilee ^a   Arguello, Margia A ^a   Kmush, Brittany ^a   Sungpuag, Pongtorn ^c   Udomkesmelee, Emorn ^c   Merrill, Rebecca ^a   Klemm, Rolf D W ^a   Ullah, Barkat ^b   Labrique, Alain B ^a   West, Keith P ^a   Christian, Parul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JiVitA Project of Johns Hopkins University   (Bangladesh)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Bangladesh; Micronutrients; Minerals; Pregnancy; South Asia; Supplementation; Trial; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; COBALAMIN; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; SELENIUM; THYROGLOBULIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SHORT STATURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85068593959     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxz046     Document Type: Article

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