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Riboflavin and Iron: study protocols

10 study groups took Riboflavin together with Iron. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Riboflavin: what the research found →

Dose per serving from research: Riboflavin

10 study groups in 7 studies say how much Riboflavin participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 1 mg to 2.5 mg, 50% of 10 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
100 mcg to 250 mcg
3
250 mcg to 500 mcg
1
500 mcg to 1 mg
1
1 mg to 2.5 mg
5

Dose per serving from research: Iron

8 study groups in 5 studies say how much Iron participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 2.5 mg to 5 mg and 5 mg to 10 mg, 38% of 8 study groups each.

Daily doseStudy groups
2.5 mg to 5 mg
3
5 mg to 10 mg
3
10 mg to 25 mg
1
over 25 mg
1

Commonly used together

9 of 10 study groups took Riboflavin and Iron with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave. The 10 most common of 11.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Vitamin B12
6
Vitamin B6
6
Zinc
6
Thiamine
5
Vitamin D
5
Folic Acid
4
Vitamin A
4
Copper
3
Iodine
3
Niacin
3

10 study groups

Study
Simultaneous weekly supplementation of iron and zinc is associated with lower morbidity due to diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection in Bangladeshi infants
2003 · 20 mg iron and 20 mg zinc with 1 mg riboflavin · Infants aged 6 months at enrollment, followed until 12 months
143 mcg2.86 mg183 days—
Simultaneous weekly supplementation of iron and zinc is associated with lower morbidity due to diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection in Bangladeshi infants
2003 · Micronutrient mix (MM) · Infants aged 6 months at enrollment, followed until 12 months
143 mcg2.86 mg183 days—
Effects of maternal micronutrient supplementation on fetal loss and infant mortality: a cluster-randomized trial in Nepal
2003 · Multiple micronutrients · Pregnant women in rural Nepal
1.8 mg———
Maternal B-vitamin and vitamin D status before, during, and after pregnancy and the influence of supplementation preconception and during pregnancy: Prespecified secondary analysis of the NiPPeR double-blind randomized controlled trial
2023 · intervention · Women planning pregnancy; generally healthy, recruited before conception
1.8 mg12 mg—870
Daily supplementation of a multiple micronutrient powder improves folate but not thiamine, riboflavin, or vitamin B(12) status among young Laotian children: a randomized controlled trial
2022 · micronutrient powder group (MNP) · Children aged 6–23 months in rural Lao PDR; no disease-based selection, with high prevalence of undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies
500 mcg6 mg36 weeks130
Fortified breakfast cereal consumed daily for 12 wk leads to a significant improvement in micronutrient intake and micronutrient status in adolescent girls: a randomised controlled trial
2016 · Fortified cereal, morning · Females aged 16–19 years who regularly skipped breakfast and had low riboflavin status and haemoglobin; no diagnosed illness
1.71 mg6.5 mg12 weeks18
Fortified breakfast cereal consumed daily for 12 wk leads to a significant improvement in micronutrient intake and micronutrient status in adolescent girls: a randomised controlled trial
2016 · Fortified cereal, evening · Females aged 16–19 years who regularly skipped breakfast and had low riboflavin status and haemoglobin; no diagnosed illness
1.71 mg6.5 mg12 weeks16
Supplementation of iron alone and combined with vitamins improves haematological status, erythrocyte membrane fluidity and oxidative stress in anaemic pregnant women
2010 · group IM · Pregnant women with anaemia
1 mg—60 days—
A novel nutritional supplement to reduce plasma homocysteine in nonpregnant women: A randomised controlled trial in The Gambia
2019 · UNIMMAP tablet · Nonpregnant, non-lactating healthy women aged 18–45 years in West Kiang, The Gambia; women of reproductive age with common micronutrient deficiencies in the population
1.4 mg30 mg12 weeks105
Simultaneous weekly supplementation of iron and zinc is associated with lower morbidity due to diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection in Bangladeshi infants
2003 · 20 mg elemental iron with 1 mg riboflavin · Infants aged 6 months at enrollment, followed until 12 months
143 mcg2.86 mg183 days—
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