Reviews the prevalence, natural history, causes, impact on performance, diagnosis, and treatment of iron deficiency in adolescent and young adult athletes. All athletes should be screened and treated. The best diagnosis involves determining serum ferritin and hemoglobin levels. Treatment requires ...
Results of this study confirmed that iron deficiency and anemia are common in children with autistic disorder. Conclusion: These findings suggest that ferritin levels should be measured in subjects with autism as a part of routine investigation. 展开 ...
Malaria and iron deficiency (ID) are common and interrelated public health problems in African children. Observational data suggest that interrupting malaria transmission reduces the prevalence of ID1. To test the hypothesis that malaria might cause ID, we used sickle cell trait (HbAS,rs334), a ...
Prevalence and associated factors of iron deficiency in Spanish children aged 1 to 11 years Article 23 March 2021 Determinants of nutritional anemia in adolescents Article 29 October 2015 Author information Authors and Affiliations Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka...
The objective of this study was to define the prevalence of HP antibodies in female adolescents, and to find out if there was a correlation between HP infection and ID. The secondary aim was to study if regularly performed sporting activity, have any association to HP infection, in itself. ...
The final sample of 987 adolescents included 465 boys and 522 girls, that is, 90.7% of the adolescents who participated in the blood sampling. A total of 47 subjects had high levels of CRP (27 boys and 20 girls) and were excluded. Therefore, the present study of iron status was ...
Introduction Children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) are at a greater risk of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. Two deficiencies that we can study and treat are vitamin D (VD) and iron deficiencies; however, no studies have described these deficiencies in Chile. Objective To ...
In the last two decades, strong observational and experimental evidence has been presented for the role of iron excess in cancer development. The hereditary hemochromatosis gene HFE variants that increase body iron levels are associated with increased cancer risk. The first such association was reported...
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For treating iron deficiency anemia, a dose of 60-120 mg of elemental iron (amount of actual iron in the supplement) from ferrous sulfate is recommended per day for a minimum of 3 months in adolescents and adults, including pregnant women [46]....