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Weighted descriptive analysis and multiple binary logistic regression modelling were used.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980021004572_as3\"><jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title><jats:p>NFHS-4 covered 640 districts from thirty-seven states and union territories of India.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980021004572_as4\"><jats:title>Participants:<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 120 374 and 143 675 index children aged 0\u201359 months were included to analyse LBW and neonatal mortality, respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980021004572_as5\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, 30\u00b77 % mothers consumed \u2265 100 IFA in 2015\u20132016, and this estimate ranged from 0\u00b70 % in Zunheboto district of Nagaland state to 89\u00b75 % in Mahe district of Puducherry of India. Multiple regression analysis revealed that children of mothers who consumed \u2265 100 IFA had lower odds of ELBW, VLBW, LBW and neonatal mortality during day 0\u20131, as compared with mothers who did not buy\/receive any IFA. Consumption of IFA (&lt; 100 IFA and \u2265 100 IFA) had a protective association with neonatal death during day 7\u201327 and 0\u201327. Consumption of IFA was not associated with neonatal death during day 2\u20136.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980021004572_as6\"><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>While \u2265 100 IFA consumption during pregnancy was found to be associated with preventing select types of LBW and neonatal mortality, a large variation in coverage of \u2265 100 IFA consumption across 640 districts is concerning.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980021004572","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,8]],"date-time":"2021-11-08T06:45:46Z","timestamp":1636353946000},"page":"623-633","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Maternal iron-and-folic-acid supplementation and its association with low-birth weight and neonatal mortality in India"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Rajesh Kumar","family":"Rai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jan-Walter","family":"De Neve","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pascal","family":"Geldsetzer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sebastian","family":"Vollmer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"69","DOI":"10.1111\/nyas.14112","article-title":"Effects of hemoglobin levels during pregnancy on adverse maternal and infant outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"1450","author":"Jung","year":"2019","journal-title":"Ann NY Acad Sci"},{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref25","volume-title":"National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), 2005\u20132006: India","year":"2007"},{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/joim.13004"},{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4103\/2224-3151.228423"},{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S1368980020000932"},{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref33","volume-title":"The Constitution of India, 1950","year":"1950"},{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref38","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/nxab024"},{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref28","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/jp.2016.27"},{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref37","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(03)15268-3"},{"key":"S1368980021004572_ref18","volume-title":"Accelerating Progress on Nutrition in India: What Will it Take? 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