Vitamin B12 supplementation for growth, development, and cognition in children.
- 2026-06-02
- Meta-Analysis · n = 4,083
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2026(6)
- Doreen Y Larvie
- Cristina E Güitrón Leal
- Sudha Venkatramanan
- Ximena E Palma Molina
- Lili B Steel
- Rebecca Kuriyan
- Julia L Finkelstein
- PubMed: 42227307
- DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd015264.pub2
- High evidence
- Children
There may be little to no difference between groups in height/length (mean difference (MD) -0.19 cm, 95% CI -2.44 to 2.06; 2 trials, 143 children; low-certainty evidence)
- Effect
- Neutral
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No
- Dose
- 0.9 µg/day to 150 µg/day