OBJECTIVE: The present study evaluates the role of supplementary food and medicinal iron intake in preventing iron deficiency anemia in children aged between 4 to 6 months. METHODS: During a case-control study in "Tabriz Children Hospital", nutritional and medicinal-iron intake of 60 consecutively selected patients with iron-deficiency anemia were compared with 60 non-anemic children of similar age and sex distributions. RESULTS: The mean hemoglobin concentration, corpuscular volume and serum iron were 9.11 g/dl, 65.41 fL and 19.33 microg/dl, in case group; and 12.6 g/dl, 75.18 fL and 78.28 microg/dl, in control group, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between age of case and control groups when complementary-semisolid foods were started (P=0.058), but the mean of received medicinal iron in case group was significantly lower than control group (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: Supplementary food intake alone is not efficient to prevent iron deficiency anemia since the age of 4-6 months. So, regular administration of medicinal iron is crucial to prevent iron-deficiency anemia in children aged 4-6 months.
OBJECTIVE: The present study evaluates the role of supplementary food and medicinal iron intake in preventing iron deficiency anemia in children aged between 4 to 6 months. METHODS: During a case-control study in "Tabriz Children Hospital", nutritional and medicinal-iron intake of 60 consecutively selected patients with iron-deficiency anemia were compared with 60 non-anemic children of similar age and sex distributions. RESULTS: The mean hemoglobin concentration, corpuscular volume and serum iron were 9.11 g/dl, 65.41 fL and 19.33 microg/dl, in case group; and 12.6 g/dl, 75.18 fL and 78.28 microg/dl, in control group, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between age of case and control groups when complementary-semisolid foods were started (P=0.058), but the mean of received medicinal iron in case group was significantly lower than control group (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: Supplementary food intake alone is not efficient to prevent iron deficiency anemia since the age of 4-6 months. So, regular administration of medicinal iron is crucial to prevent iron-deficiency anemia in children aged 4-6 months.
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