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A low P-value ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYO10 evidence for an association between the intervention and the health outcome as reflected in the P-value. The search generated 5209 hits on PubMed and 290 in Cochrane Library that were screened and after removing duplicates, 77 abstracts were preliminarily selected. After a detailed review of full text, 30 studies were selected for inclusion in the review.1�C5,12�C34Figure?2 shows the flow diagram of literature search whereas the Web Table?S1 lists the excluded studies with http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Bafetinib.html pertinent information. Studies were conducted both in developed and in developing countries. Iron supplementation started in all studies no later than 28 weeks of gestation. Dose ranged from 20 to 300?mg per day. There were 18 studies that reported anaemia at term.11,38�C45 Fourteen of these evaluated effects of daily iron supplementation alone,4,7,11,12,14�C16,22,24,26�C28,31�C33,35,41 while in four studies the combined effect of daily iron and folic acid was evaluated. There were 12 studies that reported data on low birthweight. A combined analysis of 18 studies that included studies with any iron vs. no iron showed a significant reduction of 69% in the intervention group compared with control (RR 0.31 [95% CI 0.22, 0.44]). A subgroup analysis for iron supplementation http://www.selleckchem.com/products/bay80-6946.html alone and in combination with folic acid showed similar results (Figure?3). There was no statistically significant difference between intermittent iron/iron folic acid supplementation and daily supplementation based on data from three studies (RR 1.61 [95% CI 0.82, 3.14]; random model, data not shown). Table?1 gives details of other maternal outcomes. Combined results from twelve studies showed that iron supplementation during pregnancy has a significant effect on incidence of low birthweight (RR 0.80 [95% CI 0.71, 0.90]) (Figure?4). Table?2 shows results of some of other infant outcomes. Iron supplementation had a significant effect on mean birthweight (mean difference 42.18 [9.27, 75.09]).