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Selenium and Iron: study protocols

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

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Dose per serving from research: Selenium

7 study groups in 6 studies say how much Selenium participants took a day.

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

Most common: 2.5 mcg to 5 mcg and 25 mcg to 50 mcg and 100 mcg to 250 mcg, 29% of 7 study groups each.

Daily doseStudy groups
2.5 mcg to 5 mcg
2
5 mcg to 10 mcg
0
10 mcg to 25 mcg
0
25 mcg to 50 mcg
2
50 mcg to 100 mcg
1
100 mcg to 250 mcg
2

Dose per serving from research: Iron

7 study groups in 6 studies say how much Iron participants took a day.

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

Most common: 5 mg to 10 mg and 10 mg to 25 mg and 100 mg to 250 mg, 29% of 7 study groups each.

Daily doseStudy groups
5 mg to 10 mg
2
10 mg to 25 mg
2
25 mg to 50 mg
0
50 mg to 100 mg
1
100 mg to 250 mg
2

Commonly used together

7 of 7 study groups took Selenium and Iron with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Copper
5
Zinc
5
Vitamin A
3
Vitamin C
3
Vitamin E
3

7 study groups

Study
Effects of fortified milk on morbidity in young children in north India: community based, randomised, double masked placebo controlled trial
2007 · fortified milk · Children aged 1–3 years in a peri-urban settlement in north India
4.2 mcg9.6 mg1 year316
Effects of multimicronutrient supplementation on helminth reinfection: a randomized, controlled trial in Kenyan schoolchildren
2003 · multimicronutrient supplementation · Schoolchildren in Nyanza Province, Kenya; age and sex not specified
40 mcg18 mg335 days—
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of selenium supplements among HIV-infected pregnant women in Tanzania: effects on maternal and child outcomes
2008 · selenium group · Infants born to women with HIV in the selenium group; follow-up after birth
200 mcg200 mg——
Micronutrient fortified milk improves iron status, anemia and growth among children 1-4 years: a double masked, randomized, controlled trial
2010 · Micronutrient-fortified milk (MN group) · Children aged 1–4 years in India; many had anemia, iron deficiency, or growth faltering
4.2 mcg9.6 mg1 year316
Including 60 mg Elemental Iron in a Multiple Micronutrient Supplement Blunts the Increase in Serum Zinc after 12 Weeks of Daily Supplementation in Predominantly Anemic, Nonpregnant Cambodian Women of Reproductive Age
2019 · Fe + MMN · Predominantly anemic, nonpregnant women aged 18–45 years
65 mcg60 mg12 weeks206
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of selenium supplements among HIV-infected pregnant women in Tanzania: effects on maternal and child outcomes
2008 · selenium group · Pregnant women aged about 27.5 years on average, at 12–27 weeks of gestation, living with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
200 mcg200 mg—456
Prophylactic iron supplementation in pregnant women in Norway
2001 · 15 mg iron daily · Non-anaemic pregnant women, allocated at about 10 weeks of pregnancy
50 mcg15 mg——