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Vitamin A, Folic Acid and Iron: study protocols

16 study groups took Vitamin A together with Folic Acid and Iron. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Vitamin A: what the research found →

Dose per serving from research: Vitamin A

16 study groups in 10 studies say how much Vitamin A participants took a day.

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

Most common: 500 mcg to 1 mg, 69% of 16 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
250 mcg to 500 mcg
4
500 mcg to 1 mg
11
1 mg to 2.5 mg
1

Dose per serving from research: Folic Acid

16 study groups in 10 studies say how much Folic Acid participants took a day.

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

Most common: 250 mcg to 500 mcg, 44% of 16 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
100 mcg to 250 mcg
5
250 mcg to 500 mcg
7
500 mcg to 1 mg
2
1 mg to 2.5 mg
0
2.5 mg to 5 mg
0
5 mg to 10 mg
0
10 mg to 25 mg
0
25 mg to 50 mg
0
50 mg to 100 mg
2

Dose per serving from research: Iron

15 study groups in 10 studies say how much Iron participants took a day.

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

Most common: 50 mg to 100 mg, 47% of 15 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
5 mg to 10 mg
3
10 mg to 25 mg
2
25 mg to 50 mg
3
50 mg to 100 mg
7

Commonly used together

13 of 16 study groups took Vitamin A, Folic Acid and Iron with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Zinc
10
Vitamin C
9
Vitamin B12
5
Copper
4
Vitamin E
4
Iodine
3
Selenium
3
Vitamin B6
3
Vitamin D
3

16 study groups

Study
Effects of maternal micronutrient supplementation on fetal loss and infant mortality: a cluster-randomized trial in Nepal
2003 · Folic acid + iron · Pregnant women in rural Nepal
1 mg400 mcg60 mg——
Effects of maternal micronutrient supplementation on fetal loss and infant mortality: a cluster-randomized trial in Nepal
2003 · Folic acid + iron + zinc · Pregnant women in rural Nepal
1 mg400 mcg60 mg——
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 mg400 mcg———
Antenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation Compared to Iron-Folic Acid Affects Micronutrient Status but Does Not Eliminate Deficiencies in a Randomized Controlled Trial Among Pregnant Women of Rural Bangladesh
2019 · MM · Pregnant women aged 12–45 years in rural Bangladesh
770 mcg600 mcg27 mg165 days749
Newborn micronutrient status biomarkers in a cluster-randomized trial of antenatal multiple micronutrient compared with iron folic acid supplementation in rural Bangladesh
2020 · MM · Pregnant women in rural Bangladesh; age range not specified; no disease condition specified
770 mcg600 mcg27 mg—176
A combination of iron and retinol supplementation benefits iron status, IL-2 level and lymphocyte proliferation in anemic pregnant women
2010 · Group IR · Anemic pregnant women with hemoglobin 80 to less than 110 g/L
2 mg400 mcg60 mg60 days46
Supplementation with micronutrients in addition to iron and folic acid does not further improve the hematologic status of pregnant women in rural Nepal
2003 · folic acid plus iron · Pregnant women in rural Nepal
1 mg400 mcg60 mg——
Short-term daily or weekly administration of micronutrient Sprinkles has high compliance and does not cause iron overload in Chinese schoolchildren: a cluster-randomised trial
2006 · daily group · Children aged 3–6 years in a kindergarten in northern China
300 mcg150 mcg30 mg13 weeks—
Community-level micronutrient fortification of school lunch meals improved vitamin A, folate, and iron status of schoolchildren in Himalayan villages of India
2010 · multiple micronutrients (treatment group) · Schoolchildren aged 6–10 years in Himalayan villages of India
375 mcg225 mcg10 mg240 days—
Weekly micronutrient supplementation to build iron stores in female Indonesian adolescents
1997 · daily supplementation group · female Indonesian high-school adolescents
750 mcg250 mcg60 mg90 days—