Comparison of two forms of daily preventive zinc supplementation versus therapeutic zinc supplementation for diarrhea on young children’s physical growth and risk of infection: study design and rationale for a randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Micronutrients provided in multiple micronutrient powder (MNP), in comparison to World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization (WHO/FAO) Recommended Nutrient Intakes (RNI)^a,b

Nutrient	Chemical Form	Unit	PrevZn-MNP (1 g)	WHO/FAO RNI (6–11 mo)	WHO/FAO RNI (12–23 mo)
Vitamin A	Retinol acetate	μg RE	400	400	400
Thiamin (B1)	Thiamin mononitrate	mg	0.5	0.3	0.5
Riboflavin (B2)	Riboflavin	mg	0.5	0.4	0.5
Niacin (B3)	Niacinamide	mg	6	4	6
Vitamin B6	Pyridoxine hydrochloride	mg	0.5	0.3	0.5
Folic acid (B9)	USP	μg DFE	150	80	150
Vitamin B12	Cyanocobalamin, USP	μg	0.9	0.7	0.9
Vitamin C	Ascorbic acid	mg	30	30	30
Vitamin D	Cholecalciferol (D3)	μg	5	5	5
Vitamin E	dl-α-tocopheryl acetate	mg TE	5	2.7	5
Copper	Copper sulfate, anhydrous	mg	0.56	---^c	---^c
Iodine	Potassium iodate	μg	90	90	90
Iron	Ferrous fumarate	mg	6	6.2–18.6^d	3.9–11.6^d
Selenium	Selenium selenite	μg	17	10	17
Zinc	Zinc gluconate	mg	10	2.5–8.4^e	2.4–8.3^e

^aDFE dietary folate equivalent, PrevZn-MNP preventive zinc multiple micronutrient powder, RE retinol equivalent, RNI recommended nutrient intake, TE tocopheryl equivalents, ^bWHO/FAO requirements are from World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization (2004), ^cNo WHO/FAO RNI; ^dWHO/FAO RNI are shown for diets with varying assumptions regarding bioavailability (15–5%); ^eWHO/FAO RNI are shown for diets with varying levels of bioavailability (high – low)

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