Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 25 issue 3 & 4 (2006) :

Impact or iron supplementation on selected anaemic young female adults

Savita S. M., Nath G. Kamal, Achoth* Lalith
1Department of Food Scince and Nutrition, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore - 560024 India
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Cite article:- M. Savita S., Kamal Nath G., Achoth* Lalith (2024). Impact or iron supplementation on selected anaemic young female adults. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 25(3): . doi: .
The study was carried out to compare the effect of different supplements, on the iron nutriture of anaemic adults (18–25 yrs) residing at ladies hostel, Bangalore. Supplementation study involved 36 girls divided into three groups of 12 each and were supplemented with iron capsules and iron fortified beverages. Group A was supplemented with fortified lime juice Group B with fortified grape juice and Group C with iron capsules. The supplementation period was for 90 days. The effect of supplementation was assessed by estimating the blood haemoglobin, serum ferritin and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) before mid and after supplementation. An increase in all the parameters was noted. The increase in all the three groups was statistically significant (P 0.01). Haemoglobin increased from 8.24 ± 1.06 to 10.35 ± 1.07 gldl in group A, 8.43 ± 0.89 to 10.33 ± 0.76 g/dl in group Band 8.15 ± 0.79 to 10.65 ± 0.80 gldl in group C. Serum ferritin increasedfrom 3.90 ± 4.99 to 23.25 ± 21.16ng/ml in group A 3.9 ± 3.59 to 23.55 ± 17.25 ng/ml in group Band 7.1 ± 11.04 to 38.58 ± 27.42 ng/ml in group C. The TIBC decreased significantly from 390.41 ± 25.29 to 325.41 ± 26.48 mg/dl in group A, 383.83 ± 41.22 to 308.00 ± 24.77 mg/dl in Group B and 408.66 ± 36.15 to 342.75 ± 26.97 mg/dl in Group C. Between the three supplements there was no significant difference in haemoglobin and serum ferritin. A significant difference existed between grape juice and capsule (P

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