Table 2. The list of included studies.
| Trial ID | Registry number | First author, year | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acharya 2014 41 | NR | Acharya 2014 | Randomized Control Trial of Kangaroo Mother Care in Low
Birth Weight Babies at a Tertiary Level Hospital |
| Adu-Afarwuah 2016 34, 42 | NCT00970866 | Adu-Afarwuah 2016 | Small-quantity, lipid-based nutrient supplements provided to
women during pregnancy and 6 mo postpartum and to their infants from 6 mo of age increase the mean attained length of 18-mo-old children in semi-urban Ghana: a randomized controlled trial |
| Adu-Afarwuah 2017 | Maternal supplementation with small-quantity lipid-based
nutrient supplements compared with multiple micronutrients, but not with iron and folic acid, reduces the prevalence of low gestational weight gain in semi-urban ghana: A randomized controlled trial |
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| Ashorn 2015A 35, 43, 44 | NCT01239693 | Ashorn 2015A | Supplementation of Maternal Diets during Pregnancy and
for 6 Months Postpartum and Infant Diets Thereafter with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Does Not Promote Child Growth by 18 Months of Age in Rural Malawi: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Ashorn 2015B | The impact of lipid-based nutrient supplement provision
to pregnant women on newborn size in rural Malawi: a randomized controlled trial |
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| Adu-Afarwuah 2018 | From the field: Improving fetal and infant growth in
vulnerable populations |
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| Boo 2007 45 | NR | Boo 2007 | Short duration of skin-to-skin contact: effects on growth and
breastfeeding |
| CARING trial 46 | ISCRTN51505201 | Nair 2017 | Effect of participatory women's groups and counselling
through home visits on children's linear growth in rural eastern india (caring trial): A cluster-randomised controlled trial |
| Feliciano 1994 47 | NR | Feliciano 1994 | Seasonal and Geographical Variations in the Growth Rate of
Infants in China Receiving Increasing Dosages of Vitamin D Supplements |
| Gathwala 2010 48 | NR | Gathwala 2010 | Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on physical growth,
breastfeeding and its acceptability |
| Goodstart 49, 50 | NR | Tomlinson 2011 | An effectiveness study of an integrated, community-based
package for maternal, newborn, child and HIV care in South Africa: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial |
| NR | Tomlinson 2014 | Goodstart: a cluster randomised effectiveness trial of
an integrated, community-based package for maternal and newborn care, with prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a South African township |
|
| Habib 2015 51 | NCT01229579 | Habib 2015 | Zinc supplementation fails to increase the immunogenicity of
oral poliovirus vaccine: A randomized controlled trial |
| Hamadani 2001 52 | NR | Hamadani 2001 | Randomized controlled trial of the effect of zinc
supplementation on the mental development of bangladeshi infants |
| JiVitA-3 53, 54 | NCT00860470 | Christian 2016 | Effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation
on growth and cognition through 2 y of age in rural Bangladesh: the JiVitA-3 Trial |
| West 2014 | Effect of maternal multiple micronutrient vs iron-folic acid
supplementation on infant mortality and adverse birth outcomes in rural Bangladesh: the JiVitA-3 randomized trial. |
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| Kumbhojkar 2016 55 | NR | Kumbhojkar 2016 | Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC): An Alternative to
Conventional Method of Care for Low Birth Weight Babies |
| Le Roux 2013 56, 57 | NCT00996528 | Le Roux 2013 | Outcomes of home visits for pregnant mothers and their
infants: a cluster randomized controlled trial |
| Rotheram-Borus
2014 |
A Cluster Randomised Controlled Effectiveness Trial
Evaluating Perinatal Home Visiting among South African Mothers/Infants |
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| Locks 2016 58, 59 | NCT00421668 | Locks 2016 | Effect of zinc and multivitamin supplementation on the
growth of Tanzanian children aged 6–84 wk: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial |
| Locks L 2015 | Effect of zinc & multiple micronutrient supplements on
growth in tanzanian children |
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| Lonnerdal 2017 60 | NCT00970398 | Lonnerdal 2017 | Growth, Nutrition, and Cytokine Response of Breast-
fed Infants and Infants Fed Formula With Added Bovine Osteopontin |
| LUCOMAI 61 | NCT01977365 | Nikiema 2017 | Effectiveness of facility-based personalized maternal
nutrition counseling in improving child growth and morbidity up to 18 months: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso |
| MDIG 62 | NCT01924013 | Roth 2018 | Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy and Lactation and
Infant Growth |
| Mofid 2017 38 | NCT01748929 | Mofid 2017 | A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial of Maternal
Postpartum Deworming to Improve Infant Weight Gain in the Peruvian Amazon |
| Osendarp 2002 63 | NR | Osendarp 2002 | Effect of zinc supplementation between 1 and 6 mo of life on
growth and morbidity of Bangladeshi infants in urban slums on the mental development of Bangladeshi infants |
| Ostadrahimi 2017 64 | NR | Ostadrahimi 2017 | The effect of perinatal fish oil supplementation on
neurodevelopment and growth of infants: a randomized controlled trial |
| PROCOMIDA 37 | NCT01072279 | Olney 2018 | Procomida, a food-assisted maternal and child health and
nutrition program, reduces child stunting in guatemala: A cluster-randomized controlled intervention trial |
| PROMISE EBF 65– 67 | NCT00397150 | Engebretsen 2014 | Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer
counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial |
| Fadnes 2016 | Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six
months on growth patterns of 4–5 year old children in Uganda: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial |
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| Tylleskar 2011 | Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in
sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. |
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| RDNS 36, 68 | NCT01715038 | Dewey 2017 | Lipid-based nutrient supplementation in the first 1000 d
improves child growth in Bangladesh: a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial |
| Mridha 2016 | Lipid-based nutrient supplements for pregnant women
reduce newborn stunting in a cluster-randomized controlled effectiveness trial in Bangladesh |
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| Shafique 2016 39 | NCT01455636 | Shafique 2016 | Mineral- and vitamin-enhanced micronutrient powder
reduces stunting in full-term low-birth-weight infants receiving nutrition, health, and hygiene education: A 2 × 2 factorial, cluster-randomized trial in bangladesh |
| Simondon 1996 40 | NR | Simondon 1996 | Effect of early, short-term supplementation on weight and
linear growth of 4-7-mo-old infants in developing countries: a four-country randomized triaI |
| Suman 2008 69 | NR | Suman 2008 | Kangaroo mother care for low birth weight infants: a
randomized controlled trial |
| Urban 2008 70 | NR | Urban 2008 | Growth of infants born to HIV infected women when fed
a biologically acidified starter formula with and without probiotics |
| Vazir 2013 71 | NR | Vazir 2013 | Cluster-randomized trial on complementary and responsive
feeding education to caregivers found improved dietary intake, growth, and development among rural Indian toddlers |
| Velaphi 2008 72 | NR | Velaphi 2008 | Growth and metabolism of infants born to women infected
with human immunodeficiency virus and fed acidified whey- adapted starter formulas |