Open AccessContribution of iron status at birth to infant iron status at 9 months: data from a prospective maternal-infant birth cohort in China
Author(s) -
Jie Shao,
Blair Richards,
Niko Kaciroti,
Bingquan Zhu,
Kathy Clark,
Betsy Lozoff
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1476-5640
pISSN - 0954-3007
DOI - 10.1038/s41430-020-00705-4
Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , cord blood , iron deficiency , anemia , birth weight , hemoglobin , soluble transferrin receptor , iron status , iron deficiency anemia , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , cohort , pediatrics , ferritin , cohort study , zinc protoporphyrin , physiology , gestational age , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , heme , biochemistry , genetics , enzyme
The contribution of iron status at birth to iron status in infancy is not known. We used a physiologic framework to evaluate how iron status at birth related to iron status at 9 months, taking iron needs and sources into account.