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. 2015 Oct 27;2015(10):CD008666. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008666.pub3

Tanumihardjo 2002.

Methods RCT.
Participants Inclusion criteria:
  • pregnant women in the second or early third trimester;

  • 18 to 37 years old;

  • parity from 0 to 4 children.

Interventions Intervention group 1: 5 women received 1.07 mmol (60 mg) ferrous sulphate with a vitamin A placebo daily for 8 weeks.
Intervention group 2: 8 women received vitamin A plus iron.
Intervention group 3: 7 women received 8.4 µmol (8000 IU) vitamin A as retinyl palmitate with an iron placebo.
Control group: 7 women received placebo.
Outcomes Maternal Hb and retinol levels.
Notes Vitamin A levels were measured before starting supplementation.
Country: Indonesia.
Study setting: local health posts the suburban areas of Bogor in West Java.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No information provided.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information provided.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk "Subjects and village volunteers were unaware of group assignment."
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information provided.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No loss of follow‐up reported.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk The protocol of the study is not available at the moment.
Other bias Unclear risk Not enough information provided.