The average
iron intake of supplement users was 76.9 ± 48.5 mg,
which was three times higher than the RNI (24 mg) and
the source was mainly from the supplements; while the
iron intake from food sources was only 13.0 ± 3.9 mg
which was lower than the EAR (18.5 mg). Fetal biometry
and growth were not different according to the dietary
iron intake adjusting for iron supplementation use, but
were greater in the babies of mothers with iron supplementation
than the babies of mothers without iron supplementation
adjusting for dietary iron intake