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SynthesisPublic health nutrition2020

Effect of micronutrient supplements on low-risk pregnancies in high-income countries: a systematic quantitative literature review.

Janelle M James-McAlpine, Lisa Vincze, Jessica J Vanderlelie, Anthony V Perkins

Open access · greenAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Public health nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Janelle M James-McAlpineSchool of Medical Science, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, QLD 4015, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-9527
Lisa VinczeSchool of Allied Health Sciences, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, QLD 4015, Australia.
Jessica J VanderlelieOffice of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia.
Anthony V PerkinsSchool of Medical Science, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, QLD 4015, Australia.
Griffith University · AULa Trobe University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the quantity and focus of recent empirical research regarding the effect of micronutrient supplementation on live birth outcomes in low-risk pregnancies from high-income countries.

designA systematic quantitative literature review.

settingLow-risk pregnancies in World Bank-classified high-income countries, 2019.

resultsUsing carefully selected search criteria, a total of 2475 publications were identified, of which seventeen papers met the inclusion criteria for this review. Data contributing to nine of the studies were sourced from four cohorts; research originated from ten countries. These cohorts exhibited a large number of participants, stable data and a low probability of bias. The most recent empirical data offered by these studies was 2011; the most historical was 1980. In total, fifty-five categorical outcome/supplement combinations were examined; 67·3 % reported no evidence of micronutrient supplementation influencing selected outcomes.

conclusionsA coordinated, cohesive and uniform empirical approach to future studies is required to determine what constitutes appropriate, effective and safe micronutrient supplementation in contemporary cohorts from high-income countries, and how this might influence pregnancy outcomes.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsMaternal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaMicronutrientsPregnancy OutcomeDeveloped CountriesFemaleHumansIncomePregnancyMicronutrientsBirth outcomesHigh incomeMicronutrientsPregnancySupplements

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PMID32515722
PMCPMC11374547
OpenAlexW3032961796

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