The Journal of nutrition
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The Journal of nutrition · Aug 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialPrenatal Iron Supplementation Reduces Maternal Anemia, Iron Deficiency, and Iron Deficiency Anemia in a Randomized Clinical Trial in Rural China, but Iron Deficiency Remains Widespread in Mothers and Neonates.
Previous trials of prenatal iron supplementation had limited measures of maternal or neonatal iron status. ⋯ Prenatal iron supplementation reduced anemia, ID, and IDA in pregnant women in rural China, but most women and >45% of neonates had ID, regardless of supplementation. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02221752.