Iron and Reduced Iron Deficiency

• 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

  • Reduced Iron Deficiency

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  It may reduce ID (RR 0.36, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.69; 1154 participants; 4 studies; low-certainty evidence).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  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

  • Reduced Iron Deficiency

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  resulted in reduced prevalence of iron deficiency (59% vs 78%, p = 0.017) and iron deficiency anemia (7.4% vs 21%, p = 0.023) at week 35

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  30 µg