The impact of weekly iron supplementation on the iron status and growth of adolescent girls in Tanzania

被引：44

作者：

Beasley, NMR

Tomkins, AM

Hall, A

Lorri, W

Kihamia, CM

Bundy, DAP

机构：

[1] Univ Coll, Inst Child Hlth, Ctr Int Child Hlth, London WC1N 1EH, England

[2] Univ Oxford, Wellcome Trust Ctr Epidemiol Infect Dis, Oxford OX1 2JD, England

[3] UKUMTA, Tanzania Partnership Child Dev, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

[4] Tanzania Food & Nutr Ctr, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

[5] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

来源：

TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH | 2000年 / 5卷 / 11期

关键词：

anaemia; adolescent girls; Tanzania; iron status; growth; supplementation; malaria;

D O I：

10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00641.x

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

We evaluated the effect of weekly doses of 400 mg of ferrous sulphate for 4 months on the iron status of adolescent girls in a controlled trial in Tanga, Tanzania. Supplementation led to a significantly greater increase in serum ferritin compared with the control group (+ 15.6 mug/l vs. 8.6 mug/l) (P = 0.002) but there was no significant difference in change in haemoglobin. Children given iron showed a significantly greater weight gain than controls (+ 2.4 kg vs. + 1.4 kg) (P = 0.03). Weekly iron supplementation may be an effective means of increasing iron stores and growth in children vulnerable to iron deficiency.

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页码：794 / 799

页数：6

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