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Table 2.

Composition of (daily) micronutrient, macronutrient and fatty acid interventions in studies included in the systematic review

	Vit. A (mcg RAE)	B₁(mg)	B₂(mg)	B₃(mg)	B₆(mg)	B₁₂(mcg)	Folic acid (mg)	Vit. C (mg)	Vit. D (IU)	Vit. E (mg)	Iron (mg)	Zinc (mg)	Cu (mg)	I (mcg)	Se (mcg)	DHA (g)	EPA (g)
Caulfield et al. [13] "zinc + iron + folic acid"	-	-	-	-	-	-	250	-	-	-	60	25	-	-	-	-	-

Caulfield et al. [13] "iron + folic acid"	-	-	-	-	-	-	250	-	-	-	60	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dunstan et al. [31]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	2.2	1.1

Hamadani et al. [22]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	-	-	-

Helland et al. [15,16]	1170	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	400	14	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	0.8

Innis & Friesen [19]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	-

^a,bJoos et al. [25] "HCHP drink"	1500	1.6	1.8	20.0	1.6	2.0	-	75	400	6.7	12	-	1.0	-	-	-	-

^bJoos et al. [25] "LCLP drink"	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-

^cJudge et al. [17,18]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2	-

Li et al. [26] "MVM"	800	1.4	1.4	18	1.9	2.6	0.4	70	200	10	30	15	2.0	150	65	-	-

Li et al. [26] "iron + folic acid"	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	60	-	-	-	-	-	-

Li et al. [26] "folic acid"	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Malcolm et al. [20]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2	-

^dMcGrath et al. [27] "vitamin A"	6000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

McGrath et al. [27] "MVM-A"	-	20	20	100	25	50	0.8	500	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

^dMcGrath et al. [27] "MVM+A"	6000	20	20	100	25	50	0.8	500	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Parsons et al. [21]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schmidt et al. [28] "iron + folic acid + vitamin A"	4800	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	120	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schmidt et al. [28] "iron + folic acid"	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	120	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schmidt et al. [28] "LD iron + LD folic acid"	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.25	-	-	-	90	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tamura et al. [29]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-

Tofail et al. [23]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	1.8

^eTofail et al. [24] "food + MVM"	800	1.4	1.4	18	1.9	2.6	0.4	70	200	10	30	15	2	150	65	-	-

^eTofail et al. [24] "food + Fe60"	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	60	-	-	-	-	-	-

^eTofail et al. [24] "food + Fe30"	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	-

Zhou et al. [30]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Nutrient content not quantified in study protocol

Additional compositions:

^aJoos et al. [25] - calcium 1000 mg, phosphorus 800 mg, sodium 400 mg, potassium 1.8 g, manganese 2 mg, fibre 1.1 g, 800 kcal, protein 40 g

^bJoos et al. [25] - additional vitamins and minerals provided by multivitamin-mineral tablet were unspecified

^cJudge et al. [17,18] - 70 kcal, protein 1 g, carbohydrate 15 g

^dMcGrath et al. [27] - vitamin A dose provided as 30 mg beta-carotene (4500 mcg RAE) and 5000 IU (1500 mcg RAE) preformed vitamin A

^eTofail et al. [24] - quantity of daily protein provided by food packets was unspecified

Abbreviation definitions:

Vit. = vitamin

B1 - Thiamine

B2 - Riboflavin

B3 - Niacin

B6 - Pyridoxine

B12 - Cobalamine

Cu - Copper

I - Iodine

Se - Selenium