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In Tanzania, use of multivitamins reduces risk of low birth weight and maternal anemia.(DIGESTS)(Author abstract)

Publication: International Family Planning Perspectives
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Pregnant, HIV-negative Tanzanian women who are given multivitamins have reduced risks of some adverse perinatal and postnatal outcomes but not others, according to a double-blind, randomized trial. (1) Compared with their counterparts given a placebo, women given multivitamins were less to a...

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...likely deliver infants with low birth weight (relative risk, 0.8) or a small size for gestational age (0.8) and were themselves less likely to have anemia postpartum (0.9). However, the risks of fetal death, preterm birth and maternal death were unaffected.

Pregnant women visiting prenatal clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, during 2001-2004 were eligible for the trial if they had a fetal gestational age of 12-27 weeks and tested negative for HIV. Participants received either a daily multivitamin or...

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