Iron and Increased Ferritin Level

• Fortification of condiments and seasonings with iron for preventing anaemia and improving health.

  • 2023-09-01
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 4,459
  • The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2023(9)
  • • Chowdhury Sb Jalal
    • Luz Maria De-Regil
    • Vanessa Pike
    • Prasanna Mithra

  • PubMed: 37665781
  • DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd009604.pub2

  4 Insights on

  • Increased Ferritin Level

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  We are uncertain about whether fortification with iron plus other micronutrients improves ferritin concentration (MD 10.63 µg/L, 95% CI 2.40 to 18.85; 1251 participants; 5 studies; very low-certainty evidence).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  4.4–55 mg/day

• The effect of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 299v together with a low dose of iron on iron status in healthy pregnant women: A randomized clinical trial

  • 2021-04-21
  • RCT
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 100(9)
  • • U. Axling
    • G. Önning
    • Titti Martinsson Niskanen
    • N. Larsson
    • S. Hansson
    • L. Hulthén

  • PubMed: 33880752
  • DOI: 10.1111/aogs.14153

  19 Insights on

  • Increased Ferritin Level

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  Intake of Lp attenuated the decrease in serum ferritin from baseline to week 28 (p = 0.003) and week 35 (p ˂ 0.001)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  12 mg twice daily