ArticleNutrients2016
Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Reduces the Risk of Stunting in Children Less Than 2 Years of Age: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Nepal.
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- Worldwide evidence about infant stunting from a public health perspective: A systematic review.Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2021Pooled it
- Stunting in childhood: an overview of global burden, trends, determinants, and drivers of decline.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Drivers of stunting reduction in Nepal: a country case study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Adherence of iron and folic acid supplementation and determinants among pregnant women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2019Pooled it
- Prenatal Intravenous Iron and Child Growth: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
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- Women's intention and factors associated with duration of use of Iron-folic acid supplement use in Karu, Nasarawa State, Nigeria: A cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Influence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi Infection on Child Growth: A Secondary Analysis of the MAL-ED Birth Cohort Study.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Influence of maternal and neonatal continuum of care on the risk of intergenerational cycle of stunting: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Compliance to iron folic acid supplementation and its associated factors among pregnant women attending Antenatal clinic in Wondo district: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Level and factors associated with compliance to iron-folic acid supplementation among pregnant women in rural Soro district, Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia: cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- Iron supplementation and deworming during pregnancy reduces the risk of anemia and stunting in infants less than 2 years of age: a study from Sub-Saharan Africa.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
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- The Impact of Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy and Change of Consumption among Stunting Children Aged 6-24 Months During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia.International journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
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- Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Compliance and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Shalla District, Southwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2021Article
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- A root cause analysis of sub-optimal uptake and compliance to iron and folic acid supplementation in pregnancy in 7 districts of Zambia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- PSICA: Decision trees for probabilistic subgroup identification with categorical treatments.Statistics in medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of antenatal iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation on child stunting in Nepalese children age <2 years. A retrospective cohort study design was used, in which a pooled cohort of 5235 most recent live births 2 years prior to interview from three Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys (2001, 2006 and 2011) was analysed. The primary outcome was stunting in children age <2 years. The main exposure variable was antenatal IFA supplementation. Multivariate Poisson regression analysis was performed. In our sample, 31% and 10% of Nepalese children age <2 years were stunted and severely stunted, respectively. The adjusted relative risk of being stunted was 14% lower in children whose mothers used IFA supplements compared to those whose mothers did not use (aRR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.77-0.97). Additionally, the adjusted relative risk of being stunted was significantly reduced by 23% when antenatal IFA supplementation was started ≤6 months with ≥90 IFA supplements used during pregnancy (aRR = 0.77, 95% CI = 0.64-0.92). Antenatal IFA supplementation significantly reduced the risk of stunting in Nepalese children age <2 years. The greatest impact on the risk reduction of child stunting was when IFA supplements were started ≤6 months with ≥90 supplements were used.
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