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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Nutritional support and prophylaxis of azithromycin for pregnant women to improve birth outcomes in peri-urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan—a protocol of multi-arm assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial (Mumta PW trial)

Inclusion

Exclusion

▪ Gestational age of 8 to 19 weeks confirmed by ultrasound

▪ A resident of the area for at least the last six months.

▪ Willing to spend the whole pregnancy duration after enrollment

▪ Singleton and viable fetus on ultrasound

▪ Not working and available for ANC and follow-up visits at home

▪ Previously not enrolled in pregnant and lactating women trials

▪ Pregnant women with mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) ≥ 30.5 cm

▪ Known food allergies