Vitamin B12 supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and child health outcomes.
- 2024-01-08
- Systematic Review · n = 412
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2024(1)
- Julia L Finkelstein
- Amy Fothergill
- Sudha Venkatramanan
- Alexander J Layden
- Jennifer L Williams
- Krista S Crider
- Yan Ping Qi
- PubMed: 38189492
- DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd013823.pub2
- High evidence
- Pregnant Women
Women who received vitamin B12 supplements during pregnancy may have higher total vitamin B12 concentrations compared to placebo or no vitamin B12 supplementation (mean difference (MD) 60.89 pmol/L, 95% CI 40.86 to 80.92; 3 trials, 412 women)
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 5 μg/day to 250 μg/day