Vitamin B9 and Reduced Iron Deficiency

• Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy.

  • 2024-08-15
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 2,873
  • The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2024(8)
  • • Julia L Finkelstein
    • Anna Cuthbert
    • Jo Weeks
    • Sudha Venkatramanan
    • Doreen Y Larvie
    • Luz Maria De-Regil
    • Maria Nieves Garcia-Casal

  • PubMed: 39145520
  • DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd004736.pub6

  12 Insights on

  • Reduced Iron Deficiency

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  may reduce maternal iron deficiency at term (3.6% versus 15%; RR 0.24, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.99; 1 trial, 131 women; low-certainty evidence)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

• The effect of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 299v together with a low dose of iron on iron status in healthy pregnant women: A randomized clinical trial

  • 2021-04-21
  • RCT
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 100(9)
  • • U. Axling
    • G. Önning
    • Titti Martinsson Niskanen
    • N. Larsson
    • S. Hansson
    • L. Hulthén

  • PubMed: 33880752
  • DOI: 10.1111/aogs.14153

  17 Insights on

  • Reduced Iron Deficiency

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  resulted in reduced prevalence of iron deficiency (59% vs 78%, p = 0.017) and iron deficiency anemia (7.4% vs 21%, p = 0.023) at week 35

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  30 µg