Zinc, Vitamin E, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C: study protocols
5 study groups took Zinc together with Vitamin E, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.
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: 5 mg to 10 mg, 60% of 5 study groups.
| Daily dose | Study groups |
|---|---|
| 5 mg to 10 mg | 3 |
| 10 mg to 25 mg | 1 |
| 25 mg to 50 mg | 1 |
Commonly used together
5 of 5 study groups took Zinc, Vitamin E, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.
What was given together, not what works together.
| Taken with | Study groups |
|---|---|
| Copper | 5 |
| Iron | 5 |
| Vitamin A | 5 |
| Vitamin B12 | 5 |
| Iodine | 4 |
| Niacin | 4 |
| Vitamin K | 4 |
| folate | 3 |
| vitamin B1 | 3 |
| vitamin B2 | 3 |
5 study groups
| Study | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 30 mg | 10 mg | 10 mcg | 2.2 mg | 100 mg | — | — |
| 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 mg | 6 mg | 5 mcg | 500 mcg | 35 mg | 548 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 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 mg | 6 mg | 5 mcg | 500 mcg | 35 mg | 548 days | 126 |
| 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 | 12 mg | 15 mg | 5 mcg | 1.9 mg | 85 mg | — | 176 |