Increased risk of iron deficiency and reduced iron absorption but no difference in zinc, vitamin A or B-vitamin status in obese women in India

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2411-2421

  Herter Aeberli, Isabelle ^a,b   Thankachan, Prashanth ^b   Bose, Beena ^b   Kurpad, Anura V ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Double burden; Hepcidin; Iron absorption; Iron deficiency; Micronutrients; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; HEPCIDIN; IRON; IRON 57; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IRON INTAKE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; TEST MEAL; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DIET; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHARMACOKINETICS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; LOGISTIC MODELS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84996598290     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-1048-1     Document Type: Article

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