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Effects of an iron supplementation trial on the Fe status of Thai schoolchildren

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Phongjan Hathirat ,
Aree Valyasevi ,
Nittaya J. Kotchabhakdi ,
Nipa Rojroongwasinkul  and
Ernesto Pollitt
Phongjan Hathirat
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Aree Valyasevi
Affiliation:
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Nittaya J. Kotchabhakdi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Nipa Rojroongwasinkul
Affiliation:
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Ernesto Pollitt
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Program of International Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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A double-blind clinical trial was conducted among 9- to 11-year-old children in sixteen schools in the Chon Buri province of Thailand to assess the effects of an iron supplement combined with an anthelminthic agent (i.e. albendazole). In addition to the albendazole, Fe or placebo tablets were distributed to 2268 children enrolled in grades three to five without knowledge of the Fe status of the children. Criteria for case inclusion were: (a) absence of A E Bart's or haemoglobin (Hb) H disease, (b) absence of abnormal Hb EE, and (c) age, 108–144 months. The results showed a significant improvement in the Fe status of the children after 16 weeks of treatment. The increments were: Hb from 124 to 128 g/l, serum ferritin from 34.54 to 104.72 μg/l, transferrin saturation from 24.09 to 35.05%; free erythrocyte protoporphyrin decreased from 444.7 to 281.4 μg/l erythrocytes. These changes were significantly greater than in the control group that received only the anthelminthic agent. However, the administration of albendazole only also resulted in significant changes in the same Fe indicators.

Keywords

Iron supplementationThai schoolchildren
Type
Mineral Metabolism
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 245 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1992

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