Any supplements containing iron vs same supplements without iron or no treatment/placebo (no iron or placebo): Maternal death
- Population
- pregnant women
- Intervention
- Any supplements containing iron
- Comparison
- same supplements without iron or no treatment/placebo (no iron or placebo)
- Outcome
- Maternal death
It is very uncertain whether (Maternal outcomes) Any supplements containing iron changes maternal death (death while pregnant or within 42 days of… compared with same supplements without iron or no treatment/placebo (no iron or… (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
(Maternal outcomes) Any supplements containing iron vs same supplements without iron or no treatment/placebo (no iron or placebo) Maternal death (death while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy) (ALL) · Pregnant women of any gestational age and parity It is very uncertain whether (Maternal outcomes) Any supplements containing iron changes maternal death (death while pregnant or within 42 days of… compared with same supplements without iron or no treatment/placebo (no iron or… (very low certainty). Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.33 [0.01, 8.19] | 2 studies · 12560 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
Related questions
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How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.