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Table 3 Summarized characteristics of outcome variables, July 2023

From: Intermittent versus daily oral iron folic acid supplementation and pregnancy outcome in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies

Author, year published

Participant category

Daily arm

Weekly arm

Mean (HGB)

SD

n

Side effect (%)

Anaemia (%)

Adherence (%)

Mean

SD

n

Side effect (%)

Anaemia (%)

Adherences (%)

Abdelgawad M. et al. 202*

11.1

0.8

58

56.7

1.7

27.14

10.8

1

67

3.4

10.4

85.7

Yaznil M.R. et al. 2020

11.33

0.74

29

–

–

–

11.27

0.95

33

–

–

–

Ekstrom E-C. et al. 2002

12.48

1.61

66

–

–

42.3

12.26

1.61

74

–

–

70.5

Bhatla N. et al. 2009

11.79

0.84

30

43.3

–

–

11.25

0.9

30

10

–

–

Hanieh S. et al. 2013+

12.49

1.22

344

–

10.2

–

12.38

1.17

361

–

9.1

–

Rajoria L. et al. (a), 2018+

–

–

31

–

16

–

–

–

26

–

7.7

–

Rajoria L. et al. (b), 2018+

–

–

31

–

16

–

–

–

35

–

37

–

Goshtasebi A. et al. 2012+

12.2

1.03

168

–

8.3

–

12.1

1.17

192

 

12.3

–

Mukhopadhyay A. et al. 2004+

11.3

0.8

40

50

25

28.57

11.2

0.9

40

10

42.5

61.81

Hyder SM. et al. 2002

–

–

86

–

–

60.46

–

–

86

–

–

93

Sipra B. et al., 2015

11.04

0.45

45

–

–

–

10.8

0.69

44

–

–

–

Ridwan E. et al. 1996

11

0.7

68

–

–

–

10.8

0.8

71

–

–

–

Young et al. 2000

10.6

1.4

112

17

–

59.72

10.4

1.5

104

6

–

76.2

Grover V. et al. 1998

–

–

64

–

–

75

–

–

56

–

–

89.3

Saxena R. et al. 2017

–

–

100

27

–

–

–

–

100

23

–

–

Utari D.M. et al. 2017

10.6

0.99

52

–

61.5

–

10.4

1.02

52

–

67.3

–

Haque N. et al. 2010

8.94

0.55

25

–

–

–

8.8

0.72

32

–

–

–

Mumtaz Z. et al. 2000

11.36

1.83

55

–

–

–

10.09

1.23

50

–

–

–

Robinson. et al. 1999+

–

–

200

–

–

69.5

–

–

199

–

–

96

Musa G. et al. 2021

10.9

1.4

60

–

–

–

10.4

0.9

60

–

–

–

Chitra TV. et al. 2020

11.31

1.15

80

–

–

–

11.38

1.12

93

–

–

–

Gomber S. et al. 2002

11.7

0.9

29

–

–

–

11.2

0.9

27

–

–

–

  1. a: the reported was Median; SD: standard deviation; n: sample size, (-): not assessed.; *:anaemia defined HGB < 10 g/dl; +:anaemia defined HGB < 11 g/dl;