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Vitamin B12, Zinc, Iodine, Iron and Folic Acid: study protocols

5 study groups took Vitamin B12 together with Zinc, Iodine, Iron and Folic Acid. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Vitamin B12: what the research found →

Dose per serving from research: Vitamin B12

5 study groups in 5 studies say how much Vitamin B12 participants took a day.

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

Most common: 2.5 mcg to 5 mcg, 60% of 5 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
1 mcg or less
1
1 mcg to 2.5 mcg
0
2.5 mcg to 5 mcg
3
over 5 mcg
1

Dose per serving from research: Zinc

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

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

Most common: 10 mg to 25 mg, 60% of 5 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
5 mg to 10 mg
2
10 mg to 25 mg
3

Dose per serving from research: Iodine

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

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

Most common: 100 mcg to 250 mcg, 80% of 5 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
100 mcg or less
1
100 mcg to 250 mcg
4

Dose per serving from research: Iron

5 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: 25 mg to 50 mg, 60% of 5 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
5 mg to 10 mg
1
10 mg to 25 mg
1
25 mg to 50 mg
3

Dose per serving from research: Folic Acid

5 study groups in 5 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 and 500 mcg to 1 mg, 40% of 5 study groups each.

Daily doseStudy groups
100 mcg to 250 mcg
1
250 mcg to 500 mcg
2
500 mcg to 1 mg
2

Commonly used together

5 of 5 study groups took Vitamin B12, Zinc, Iodine, Iron and Folic Acid with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Copper
4
Selenium
4
Vitamin A
4
Vitamin B6
4
Vitamin D
4
Vitamin E
4
Riboflavin
3
Vitamin C
3

5 study groups

Study
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
5.2 mcg10 mg150 mcg12 mg400 mcg—870
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
2.6 mcg12 mg220 mcg27 mg600 mcg165 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
2.6 mcg12 mg220 mcg27 mg600 mcg—176
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
0.9 mcg10 mg90 mcg6 mg150 mcg36 weeks130
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
2.6 mcg15 mg150 mcg30 mg400 mcg12 weeks105