Equity in adherence to and effect of prenatal food and micronutrient supplementation on child mortality: results from the MINIMat randomized trial, Bangladesh

Table 3 Risk of mortality before the age of five years by randomised food and micronutrient supplementation groups and after stratification into maternal schooling groups ¹

	Early invitation to prenatal food supplementation			Usual invitation to prenatal food supplementation
	30 mg iron + 400 μg folic acid	60 mg iron + 400 μg folic acid	Multiple micro-nutrients	30 mg iron + 400 μg folic acid	60 mg iron + 400 μg folic acid	Multiple micro-nutrients
	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
All (n = 3625)	0.92 (0.57-1.5)	0.92 (0.57-1.5)	0.34 (0.18-0.66)	0.66 (0.39-1.1)	1.0 (reference)	1.1 (0.72-1.8)
Strata (n = 3591)^a
Mother’s schooling <6 years	0.86 (0.47-1.56)	0.79 (0.42-1.47)	0.26 (0.11-0.63)	0.71 (0.38-1.34)	1.0 (reference)	1.32 (0.76-2.30)
Mother’s schooling ≥6 years	0.56 (0.27-1.13)	0.65 (0.33-1.25)	0.28 (0.12-0.70)	0.28 (0.11-0.70)	0.54 (0.27-1.11)	0.45 (0.21-0.96)

¹Adjusted for maternal age (years), parity and body mass index (kg/m²) at week 8 pregnancy.
^aInformation on schooling and asset scores is missing on 34/3625 women of them 3578 had information on maternal age (years), parity and body mass index (kg/m²) at week 8 pregnancy. Multiple micronutrients include 15 micronutrients, including 30 mg iron and 400 μg folic acid.

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