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

Ranjkesh 2011.

Methods RCT: IRCT138706061113N1
Participants 100 women
Inclusion criteria: women with risk of PE (primiparous women, aged < 20 years and > 40 years, previous history of PE or a positive family history, twin pregnancy, BMI > 29, history of renal disease and hypertension), not using any anticoagulant or antihypertension drugs at the time of entering the study
Exclusion criteria: none specified
Setting: Qazvin city, Iran
Interventions SUPPLEMENTATION: omega‐3 (EPA + DHA) versus placebo
Group 1: omega‐3 (EPA + DHA ‐ individual doses not specified), 1 g daily: n = 50
Group 2: placebo (starch): n = 50
Timing of supplementation: from 14‐18 weeks GA to end of pregnancy
DHA + EPA dose/day: unclear
Outcomes Women/birth: BP (mmHg); PE, hypertension, caesarean birth; birthweight
Babies/infants/children: Apgar score at 5 minutes
Notes Funding: not reported
Declarations of interest: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: “randomly divided”
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: “randomly divided”
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Described both as single‐ and double‐blind; placebo‐controlled so probably done.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No losses to follow‐up reported.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Some outcomes not fully reported.
Other bias Low risk Baseline characteristics were similar.