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Trial reportNutrients2018

Effect of Nutritional Interventions on Micronutrient Status in Pregnant Malawian Women with Moderate Malnutrition: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Cambria M Glosz, Andrew A Schaffner, Scott K Reaves, Mark J Manary, Peggy C Papathakis

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cambria M GloszDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA. Cambriaglosz@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4433-6097
Andrew A SchaffnerDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA. aschaffn@calpoly.edu.
Scott K ReavesDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA. sreaves@calpoly.edu.
Mark J ManaryWashington University School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. manary@kids.wustl.edu.
Peggy C PapathakisDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA. ppapatha@calpoly.edu.
California Polytechnic State University · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Micronutrient deficiencies during pregnancy are common in Africa and can cause adverse outcomes. The objective was to measure micronutrient status and change in moderately malnourished pregnant Malawian women randomized to one of three nutritional interventions. Serum vitamin B

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsFood, FortifiedMaternal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaNutritional StatusAdolescentAdultBiomarkersChild DevelopmentDeficiency DiseasesFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMalawiMicronutrientsNutritive ValueBiomarkersMicronutrientsMalawimaternal malnutritionmicronutrient deficiencypregnancysupplementary foods

Identifiers

PMID29986492
PMCPMC6073606
OpenAlexW2833585247

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