Effects of a combined micronutrient supplementation on maternal biological status and newborn anthropometrics measurements: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in apparently healthy pregnant women.

What Was Tested

The paper reports a study of Micronutrients, published as a randomized controlled trial.

Who Took Part

According to the abstract, 100 women were involved.

By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were adults, women only.

A total of 100 apparently healthy pregnant women were recruited at 14+/-2 weeks of gestation to delivery.

At the end, they were 65 women to follow out the study.

How the Study Was Run

The design is described as randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled.

The women were allocated by chance, so the Micronutrients group and the comparison group should start out alike.

Blinding on both sides kept the women and researchers unaware of who received Micronutrients.

Some women received a placebo instead of Micronutrients, giving a reference point.

Double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled intervention trial.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Anthropometry, Birth Weight, Dietary Supplements, Health Status, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Micronutrients and Nutritional Status.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study of Micronutrients in 100 women.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 7 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2004 (European journal of clinical nutrition), a journal based in England.

More context: all human trials.