School-administered weekly iron-folate supplements improve hemoglobin and ferritin concentrations in Malaysian adolescent girls

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1249-1256

  Tee, E Siong ^a   Kandiah, Mirnalini ^b   Awin, Narimah ^b   Chong, Suet Mei ^b   Satgunasingam, N ^b   Kamarudin, L ^b   Milani, Silvano ^b   Dugdale, Alan E ^b   Viteri, Fernando E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Effectiveness; Hemoglobin; Iron nutrition; Iron folate supplements; Malaysia; Nutritional anemia; Safety; Schoolgirls

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033015641     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.6.1249     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. WHO/UNICEF. World summit for children - strategic approach to operationalizing selected end-decade goals: reduction of iron-deficiency anemia. UNICEF-WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy, 30th session, Geneva, 30-31 January 1995. Geneva: WHO, December 1995. (JCHP30/95/4.5.)
2. DeMaeyer EM, Dallman P, Gurney JM, Hallberg L, Sood SK, Srikantia SG. Preventing and controlling iron deficiency anemia through primary health care. A guide for health administrators and program managers. Geneva: WHO, 1989.
3. Jaafar A, Khalid H, Hamid A. Maternal and cord folate and vitamin B12 levels in Malaysians at parturition. Med J Malaysia 1982;37:160-4.
4. Tee ES, Kandiah M, Jaafar A, et al. Nutrition in pregnancy: a study at the Maternity Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Malays J Reprod Health 1984;2:32-50.
5. Fatimah A. The etiology of iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy among rural women in Malaysia. Proc Nutr Soc Malaysia 1988;3:7-15.
6. ACC/SCN. Controlling iron deficiency. ACC/SCN state-of-the-art series. Geneva: ACC/SCN, 1991. (Nutrition policy discussion paper no. 9.)
7. WHO. Iron supplementation during pregnancy: why aren't women complying? A review of available information. Geneva: WHO, 1990. (WHO/MCH/90.5.)
8. Kaufer M, Casanueva E. Relation of prepregnancy ferritin levels to hemoglobin levels throughout pregnancy. Eur J Clin Nutr 1990;44:709-15.
9. Viteri FE. Effective iron supplementation does not happen in isolation. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;65:889-90 (letter).
10. Wright AJA, Southon S. The effectiveness of various iron supplementation regimens in improving the Fe status of anemic rats. Br J Nutr 1990;63:579-85.
11. Viteri FE, Liu XN, Tolomei K, Martin A. True absorption and retention of supplemental iron is more efficient when iron is administered every three days rather than daily to iron-normal and iron-deficient rats. J Nutr 1995;125:82-91.
12. Liu XN, Kang J, Zhao L, Viteri FE. Intermittent iron supplementation in Chinese preschool children is efficient and safe. Food Nutr Bull 1995;16:139-46.
13. Liu XN, Zhang JL, Yen HL, Viteri F. Hemoglobin and serum ferritin in pregnant Chinese women in response to weekly iron supplements. Beijing: Asian Congress of Nutrition, 1995;5-21-06 (abstr).
14. Schultink W, Gross R, Gliwitzki M, Karyadi D, Matulessi P. Effect of daily vs twice weekly iron supplementation in Indonesian preschool children with low iron status. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;61:11-5.
15. Kuizon MD, Desnacido JA, Platon TP, Ancheta LP, Macapinlac MP. Iron supplementation using different dose levels in pregnant Filipinos. Nutr Res 1983;3:257-64.
16. WHO/UNICEF/UNU. Consultation on iron deficiency: indicators and strategies for iron deficiency control programes. Geneva: WHO (in press).