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. 2013 Mar 28;2013(3):CD006896. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006896.pub2

Menon 1962.

Methods This is a RCT conducted in Inida, in which women were allotted to each group in the order they were registered.
Participants Pregnant women between 16 weeks and 24 weeks whose haemoglobin level was at or above 10.5 gm% (14.5 gm = 100%) (n = 273).
Interventions Group 1 was given 5 g of ferrous sulphate (n = 88).
Group 2 was given 5 mg of folic acid (n = 90).
Group 3 was given 5 g of ferrous sulphate and 5 mg of folic acid (n = 90).
Outcomes Fall in pre‐delivery haemoglobin level (n = 273).
Notes All the women were given multivitamin along with these treatments. In this review we compared group 1 with group 3.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk Quote: "subjects were allotted to each group in the order in which they registered".
Comment: probably not done.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insuffient information on allocation concealment.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insuffient information to make any judgment regarding blinding.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Exclusion data with their reasons were not reported in the study. Attrition (> 20%) along with the reasons were reported.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Study seemed to be free from selective reporting.
Other bias Unclear risk No other bias identified but insufficient information available to fully assess this 'Risk of bias' domain.