BACKGROUND & AIMS: Measurement of serum iron increase after ingestion of a meal could be an efficient method of comparing post-prandial iron absorption between groups of individuals. We determined whether the rise in post-prandial serum iron is increased in fully treated patients with hereditary haemochromatosis (HFE C282Y+/+; HH) compared to iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), iron-replete heterozygous subjects (HFE C282Y+/-) and iron-replete controls (HFE C282Y-/-). METHODS: Serum iron increase was measured over 4h after a meal containing 13.1 mg non-haem iron. RESULTS: Post-prandial increase in serum iron was similar in treated HH versus IDA (P=0.54), but greater than control subjects (P<0.0001). In five HH patients, using (58)Fe as a tracer, the rate of iron absorption was increased (P<0.05) and serum non-transferrin bound iron showed a tendency to increase (P=0.06). Serum iron curves did not differ for heterozygous subjects and controls (P=0.65). CONCLUSIONS: Using the serum iron method we found a comparable increase in post-prandial iron absorption in treated HH and IDA compared with controls. While post-prandial iron absorption in the group heterozygous for the C282Y mutation was modestly increased relative to controls, this difference was not statistically significant.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Measurement of serum iron increase after ingestion of a meal could be an efficient method of comparing post-prandial iron absorption between groups of individuals. We determined whether the rise in post-prandial serum iron is increased in fully treated patients with hereditary haemochromatosis (HFEC282Y+/+; HH) compared to iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), iron-replete heterozygous subjects (HFEC282Y+/-) and iron-replete controls (HFEC282Y-/-). METHODS: Serum iron increase was measured over 4h after a meal containing 13.1 mg non-haem iron. RESULTS: Post-prandial increase in serum iron was similar in treated HH versus IDA (P=0.54), but greater than control subjects (P<0.0001). In five HHpatients, using (58)Fe as a tracer, the rate of iron absorption was increased (P<0.05) and serum non-transferrin bound iron showed a tendency to increase (P=0.06). Serum iron curves did not differ for heterozygous subjects and controls (P=0.65). CONCLUSIONS: Using the serum iron method we found a comparable increase in post-prandial iron absorption in treated HH and IDA compared with controls. While post-prandial iron absorption in the group heterozygous for the C282Y mutation was modestly increased relative to controls, this difference was not statistically significant.
Authors: Simone Buerkli; Laura Salvioni; Natalie Koller; Christophe Zeder; Maria José Teles; Graça Porto; Jana Helena Habermann; Irina Léa Dubach; Florence Vallelian; Beat M Frey; Diego Moretti; Jeannine Baumgartner; Michael B Zimmermann Journal: Eur J Nutr Date: 2022-03-23 Impact factor: 4.865