Benefits and Risks of Iron Interventions in Infants in Rural Bangladesh.
Sant-Rayn PasrichaM Imrul HasanSabine BraatLeila M LarsonS M Mulk-Uddin TipuSheikh J HossainShamima ShirajiAndrew BaldiMohammad S A BhuiyanFahmida TofailJane FisherSally Grantham-McGregorJulie A SimpsonJena D HamadaniBeverley-Ann BiggsPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2021)
In this trial involving infants in Bangladesh, 3 months of daily supplementation with iron syrup or multiple micronutrient powders did not appear to have an effect on child development or other functional outcomes as compared with placebo. (Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia; BRISC Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN12617000660381.).