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Methods Blinding of randomisation: yes (author

correspondence)
Blinding of intervention: yes
Complete follow-up: 4 weeks - yes (85%); 8 weeks -
no (36%)
Blinding of outcome measurement: yes

Participants Gestation: term


Birth weight: low birth weight (< 2500 g)
Feeding: breast fed
Age of enrolment: 50 to 80 days
Exclusion criteria: twinning, congenital
malformations, > 10 mL of blood sampling in the
past, those already on iron supplementation,
significant morbidity and maternal antepartum
haemorrhage
Blood transfusions: excluded if previously received

Interventions Iron supplementation group: 3 mg/kg/day as ferric


ammonium citrate drops
commencing at 50 to 80 days of age
No iron supplementation group: indistinguishable
placebo mixture

Outcomes Primary: haemoglobin concentration


Secondary: peripheral smear, serum ferritin, weight,
length, head circumference

Timing: baseline (7 to 11weeks postnatal), 4 weeks


Blinding of (11 to 15 weeks postnatal) and 8 randomisation:
yes (author weeks (15 to 19 weeks postnatal) correspondence)
Blinding of intervention: yes
Notes 73 infants were randomised
Complete Randomisation was performed using computer follow-up: 4
weeks - yes generated random numbers (85%); 8 weeks -
no (36%) Protocol for treatment of anaemia: not stated
Blinding of outcome
measurement: yes
Gestation: term
Birth weight: low birth weight (< 2500 g)

Feeding: breast fed

Age of enrolment: 50 to 80 days

Exclusion criteria: twinning, congenital malformations, > 10 mL of blood sampling in

the past, those already on iron supplementation, significant morbidity and maternal

antepartum haemorrhage

Blood transfusions: excluded if previously received

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