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IRON ABSORPTION FROM INFANT MILK FORMULA AND THE OPTIMAL LEVEL OF IRON SUPPLEMENTATION
Author(s) -
SAARINEN U. M.,
SIIMES M. A.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1977.tb07978.x
Subject(s) - medicine , infant formula , iron supplementation , formula feeding , absorption (acoustics) , infant nutrition , iron status , zoology , pediatrics , iron deficiency , environmental health , breast feeding , anemia , research methodology , optics , physics , biology , population
. Thirty healthy infants, aged 11–13 months, were studied with regard to the iron absorption from proprietary milk formula. The infants were divided into three groups (I‐III) depending on the concentration of iron in the formula: 0.8 (I), 6.8 (II), and 12.8 (III) mg/1, respectively. The calculated amount of iron absorbed per test dose of SO ml of milk averaged 5 μg (I), 32 μg (II), and 43 μg (III). Group I differed significantly from groups II and III. No correlation was found between iron absorption and hemoglobin, MCV, serum transferrin saturation or serum ferritin within the range of normal values. Our findings suggest that at least 7 mg of iron as ferrous sulphate per litre of formula is required to prevent iron deficiency.