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
probably increases total vitamin B12 concentrations (MD 68.53 pmol/L, 95% CI 41.83 to 95.23; 7 trials, 705 children; moderate-certainty evidence)
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 0.9 µg/day to 150 µg/day