Iron state in female adolescents.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To document a subjective response to iron therapy in female adolescents.

DESIGN:

Double-blind, placebo-controlled prospective study.

SETTING:

High school classes in an urban community in Israel.

PARTICIPANTS:

Twenty-nine girls, aged 16 and 17 years, who ingested syrup containing iron (daily for 2 months) and 30 girls who received a placebo.

MAIN RESULTS:

By the end of the study, a statistically significant improvement in three subjective parameters, ie, lassitude, the ability to concentrate in school, and mood was reported by the girls who ingested iron compared with the controls. Sixty-five percent, 100%, and 65% of the girls, respectively, who reported improvement in the above-mentioned parameters were hypoferremic initially and became normoferremic by the end of the study.

CONCLUSION:

Iron supplementation may be of benefit to female adolescents, as evidenced by their responses to subjective parameters.

• Authors: A Ballin, M Berar, U Rubinstein, Y Kleter, A Hershkovitz, D Meytes
• Journal: American journal of diseases of children (1960) (Am J Dis Child) Vol. 146 Issue 7 Pg. 803-5 (Jul 1992) ISSN: 0002-922X [Print] United States
• PMID: 1496946 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)

Chemical References

• Ferrous Compounds

Topics

• Administration, Oral
• Adolescent
• Affect (drug effects)
• Anemia, Hypochromic (complications, drug therapy, epidemiology)
• Attention (drug effects)
• Diet Surveys
• Double-Blind Method
• Fatigue (epidemiology, etiology)
• Female
• Ferrous Compounds (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Israel (epidemiology)
• Mass Screening
• Menstruation
• Physical Fitness
• Prospective Studies
• Risk Factors
• Urban Population