The Effects of 1 Egg per Day on Iron and Anemia Status among Young Malawian Children: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young children with diets lacking diversity with low consumption of animal source foods are at risk of iron deficiency anemia (IDA).

Objectives

Our objectives were to determine the impact of supplementing diets with 1 egg/d on 1) plasma ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), body iron index (BII), and hemoglobin concentrations and 2) the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID), anemia, and IDA.

Methods

Malawian 6-9-mo-old infants in the Mazira trial (clinicaltrials.gov; NCT03385252) were individually randomly assigned to receive 1 egg/d for 6 mo (n = 331) or continue their usual diet (n = 329). In this secondary analysis, hemoglobin, plasma ferritin, sTfR, C-reactive protein (CRP), and α-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) were measured

SUBMITTER: Werner ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9213210 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature