RT Journal
A1 Brancatisano S, Dibley MJ
T1 PRenatal micronutrient and early pregnancy food supplementation in bangladesh
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD September 12
VO 308
IS 10
SP 971
OP 971
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.9833
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.9833
AB 
Data from the MINIMat trial were included in an earlier meta-analysis2 of 12 trials of stillbirth and early and late neonatal mortality comparing antenatal MMS with iron and folic acid supplements alone. The portion of the MINIMat trial data included in this meta-analysis compared the MMS and 30-mg iron treatment groups, but only used singleton births in the analysis. The number of multiple births in the MINIMat trial varied across treatment groups, with 24 in the 30-mg iron group and 22 in the MMS group (Table 4 in article). Including multiple births in the trial resulted in 30 early neonatal deaths in the 30-mg iron treatment group (10 more than in the meta-analysis) and 25 in the MMS group (1 more than in the meta-analysis). In addition, there were 7 late neonatal deaths in the MMS group, which was 2 more than in the meta-analysis, suggesting very different neonatal mortality for multiple births by treatment group.