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Zinc, Vitamin B12 and Iodine: study protocols

6 study groups took Zinc together with Vitamin B12 and Iodine. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

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Dose per serving from research: Zinc

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

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

Most common: 5 mg to 10 mg, 83% of 6 study groups.

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

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: 0.5 mcg to 1 mcg, 60% of 5 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
0.5 mcg to 1 mcg
3
1 mcg to 2.5 mcg
0
2.5 mcg to 5 mcg
1
over 5 mcg
1

Dose per serving from research: Iodine

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

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

Most common: 25 mcg to 50 mcg and 50 mcg to 100 mcg and 100 mcg to 250 mcg, 33% of 6 study groups each.

Daily doseStudy groups
25 mcg to 50 mcg
2
50 mcg to 100 mcg
2
100 mcg to 250 mcg
2

Commonly used together

6 of 6 study groups took Zinc, Vitamin B12 and Iodine with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave. The 10 most common of 14.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Iron
6
Copper
5
Vitamin A
5
Vitamin B6
5
Vitamin C
5
Vitamin D
5
Vitamin E
5
vitamin B1
4
vitamin B2
4
Folic Acid
3

6 study groups

Study
Effect of micronutrient supplementation on diarrhoeal disease among stunted children in rural South Africa
2009 · multiple micronutrients · children aged 6–24 months; three cohorts: HIV-infected children, HIV-uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers, and HIV-uninfected children born to HIV-uninfected mothers
10 mg0.9 mcg50 mcg548 days—
Effect of preventive supplementation with zinc and other micronutrients on non-malarial morbidity in Tanzanian pre-school children: a randomized trial
2012 · Multi-nutrients with zinc · Children aged 6–60 months with height-for-age z-score ≤−1.5 SD, in rural Tanzania
10 mg—90 mcg—151
Effect on longitudinal growth and anemia of zinc or multiple micronutrients added to vitamin A: a randomized controlled trial in children aged 6-24 months
2010 · Multiple micronutrients · Children enrolled at 6 months and followed to 24 months in rural South Africa; HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children, both sexes
10 mg0.9 mcg50 mcg548 days126
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
10 mg5.2 mcg150 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
12 mg2.6 mcg220 mcg165 days749
Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves micronutrient status in primary school children in Hai Phong City, Vietnam: a randomised controlled trial
2021 · intervention · Children aged 6–9 years, apparently healthy, in rural Hai Phong City, Vietnam; included undernourished, normal-weight, and overweight/obese children
10 mg0.9 mcg90 mcg22 weeks175