iron‐fortified wheat flour with or without other micronutrients added vs fortified wheat flour with same micronutrients (but not iron)
Iron deficiency (as defined by study authors, based on a biomarker of iron status) · general population of all age groups (including pregnant women) from any country, over two years of age
It is very uncertain whether iron‐fortified wheat flour with or without other micronutrients added changes iron deficiency (as defined by study authors, based on a biomarker… compared with wheat flour (no added iron) with the same other micronutrients added (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Wheat flour fortification with iron and other micronutrients for reducing anaemia and improving iron status in… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.46 [0.2, 1.04]3 studies · 748 participantsVery low