Mortality due to measles · children aged between 6 months and 5 years
Vitamin A supplementation showed no clear difference in mortality due to measles compared with placebo or usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality due to LRTI · children aged between 6 months and 5 years
Vitamin A supplementation showed no clear difference in mortality due to LRTI compared with placebo or usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Diarrhoea incidence Mean episodes per child per year · children aged between 6 months and 5 years
Vitamin A supplementation may leads to lower diarrhoea incidence Mean episodes per child per year compared with placebo or usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Measles incidence Mean episodes of measles per child per year · children aged between 6 months and 5 years
Vitamin A supplementation probably leads to lower measles incidence Mean episodes of measles per child per year compared with placebo or usual care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of LRTI · children aged between 6 months and 5 years
Vitamin A supplementation showed no clear difference in LRTI incidence Mean episodes per child per year compared with placebo or usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Bitot's spots incidence · children aged between 6 months and 5 years
Vitamin A supplementation probably leads to lower bitot's spots incidence compared with placebo or usual care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Night blindness incidence · children aged between 6 months and 5 years
Vitamin A supplementation probably leads to lower night blindness incidence compared with placebo or usual care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Major cardiovascular event Physicians · middle‐aged US male physicians
Vitamin C supplementation showed no clear difference in major cardiovascular event Physicians compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cardiovascular mortality Physicians · middle‐aged US male physicians
It is very uncertain whether vitamin C supplementation changes cardiovascular mortality Physicians compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality Physicians · middle‐aged US male physicians
It is very uncertain whether vitamin C supplementation changes all‐cause mortality Physicians compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction · middle‐aged US male physicians
Vitamin C supplementation showed no clear difference in total myocardial infarction (fatal and non‐fatal) Physicians compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Stroke · middle‐aged US male physicians
Vitamin C supplementation showed no clear difference in total stroke (fatal and non‐fatal) Physicians compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Self‐reported CABG/PTCA Participant self‐reports · middle‐aged US male physicians
Vitamin C supplementation showed no clear difference in self‐reported CABG/PTCA Participant self‐reports compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Self‐reported angina Participant self‐reports · middle‐aged US male physicians
Vitamin C supplementation showed no clear difference in self‐reported angina Participant self‐reports compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal anaemia · pregnant women
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings table ‐ Vitamin B12 supplementation changes maternal anaemia compared with placebo/no vitamin B12 supplementation (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Miscarriage and spontaneous abortion · pregnant women
1 finding from 1 review
Low birthweight · pregnant women
Summary of findings table ‐ Vitamin B12 supplementation showed no clear difference in low birthweight (< 2500 g) compared with placebo/no vitamin B12 supplementation (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Preterm birth · pregnant women
Summary of findings table ‐ Vitamin B12 supplementation showed no clear difference in preterm birth (< 37 weeks) compared with placebo/no vitamin B12 supplementation (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Child cognitive outcomes · pregnant women
1 finding from 1 review
Neural tube defects ‐ not reported · pregnant women
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found