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. 2018 Nov 15;2018(11):CD003402. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003402.pub3

Martin‐Alvarez 2012.

Methods RCT
Participants 60 women
Inclusion criteria: not reported
Exclusion criteria: not reported
Setting: Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada, Spain
Interventions SUPPLEMENTATION + FOOD: DHA versus placebo (in the form of a dairy product)
Group 1: dairy product (2 glasses a day) supplemented with DHA (400 mg/day): total number randomised: n = 30
Group 2: dairy product (2 glasses a day) with no DHA supplement: total number randomised: n = 30
Timing of supplementation: from 28 weeks' gestation to when breastfeeding stopped
DHA + EPA dose/day: low: 400 mg DHA
Outcomes Women: plasma antioxidant capacity; adipokines
Babies/infants/children: antioxidant capacity (umbilical cord; newborn); peroxides; superoxide dismutase activity; adipokines (birth; 2.5 months)
Notes Abstracts only available
No outcomes could be included in this review
Funding: not reported
Declarations of interest: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Quote: "double‐blind"; not further described
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Insufficient detail
Other bias Unclear risk Insufficient detail