Improvement of body iron store in women at reproductive age by using fortified fish sauce
- Author:
Pham Van Thuy
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
iron, women
- MeSH:
Iron;
Women;
Reproduction
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2003;288(9):107-114
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A double blind randomized study was conducted from December 2001 to December 2002 in 2 communes of Vu Ban district, Nam Dinh province, on 433 women aged 16-45 divided into 2 groups. Group 1 received fish sauce without fortified iron (15ml of fish sauce/person/daily). Group 2 received iron fortified fish sauce 7.5mg iron under the form of NaFeEDTA (15mg fish sauce/person/daily). Iron fortified sauce improved significantly the anemia and iron deficit status in women with a reduce rate of 8.3% (from 24.7% to 16.4%) reaching 33.6% of efficacy of the target of programme. The rate of exhaustly iron deficit reduced by 15% (from 20.6% to 5.6%) reaching 72.8% of efficacy. Body iron store enhanced with statistical significant in group 2 versus group 1 (p<0.0001)
