The impact of large amount whole cow's milk intake on iron status in early childhood.
- Author:
Sung Yoon BYUN
;
Mi Ran PARK
;
In Sang JEON
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Iron status;
Iron deficiency anemia;
Whole cow's milk
- MeSH:
Anemia;
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency;
Child;
Ferritins;
Hematocrit;
Humans;
Iron*;
Milk*;
Transferrin
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1993;36(7):968-974
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
To determine the impact of intake large amount whole cow's milk (WCM) on iron status during early childhood (18~36 months), selected indices of complete blood count(CBC) and iron status were compared between the WCM large amount intake group (n=20)and small amount intake group (n=20). WCM large amount intake children's mean hemoglobin and mean hematocrit were 9.6+/-1.7 g/dL and 30.8+/-4.5% respectively. These range of peripheral blood with other indices of CBC disclosed the hypochromic microcytic anemia. WCM large amount intake children's some indices of CBC-hemoglobin, hematocrit, MCV, MCH-were significantly lower than those of small amount intake children (P<0.01). WCM large amount intake children had significantly lower mean iron, transferrin saturation and ferritin (P<0.01) and greater mean total iron binding capacity (P<0.05) than did small amount intake children. It is concluded that intake large amount of WCM for long duration impacts on the iron status of 18~36 months old children disadvantageously. It should be avoided for the protection of irreversible recognitive impairment and behavioral change.
