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- Title
Stable iron (<sup>58</sup>Fe) isotopic measurements in Kenyan toddlers during 3 months of iron supplementation demonstrate that half of the iron absorbed is lost.
- Authors
Giorgetti, Ambra; Nyilima, Suzane; Stoffel, Nicole U.; Moretti, Diego; Mwasi, Edith; Karanja, Simon; Zeder, Christophe; Speich, Cornelia; Netland, Catalina; Jin, Zhezhen; Zimmermann, Michael B.; Brittenham, Gary M.
- Abstract
Summary: Increased iron loss may reduce the effectiveness of iron supplementation. The objective of this study was to determine if daily oral iron supplementation increases iron loss, measured using a stable isotope of iron (58Fe). We enrolled and dewormed 24 iron‐depleted Kenyan children, 24–27 months of age, whose body iron was enriched and equilibrated with 58Fe given at least 1 year earlier. Over 3 months of supplementation (6 mg iron/kg body weight [BW]/day), mean (±SD) iron absorption was 1.10 (±0.28) mg/day. During supplementation, 0.55 (±0.36) mg iron/day was lost, equal to half of the amount of absorbed iron. Supplementation did not increase faecal haem/porphyrin or biomarkers of enterocyte damage and gut or systemic inflammation. Using individual patient data, we examined iron dose, absorption and loss among all available long‐term iron isotopic studies of supplementation. Expressed in terms of body weight, daily iron loss was correlated significantly with iron absorption (Pearson's r = 0.66 [95% confidence interval 0.48–0.78]) but not with iron dose (r = 0.16 [95% CI −0.10–0.40]). The results of this study indicate that iron loss is increased with daily oral iron supplementation and may blunt the efficacy of iron supplements in children. This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT04721964.
- Subjects
IRON supplements; IRON isotopes; IRON; DIETARY supplements; TODDLERS
- Publication
British Journal of Haematology, 2024, Vol 204, Issue 5, p2057
- ISSN
0007-1048
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/bjh.19319