This review of 17 RCTs, including over 9000 women and theirbabies, has not provided compelling evidence for routine zinc supplementation during pregnancy, although the finding of a reduction in preterm births warrants further investigation. Subgroupanalysis of the 14 studies involving women who are or are likely tobe zinc deficient, such as populations from developing countriesor from low socioeconomic groups from western countries, alsodid not make a case for zinc supplementation in those groups ofwomen. This is consistent with a review of maternal zinc supplementation in developing countries (Osendarp 2003)
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