Body iron stores in Thai women of reproductive age.

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dc.contributor.authorBoontaveeyuwat, Naiyanaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSittisingh, Utoompornen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T20:50:46Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T20:50:46Z
dc.date.issued2003-04-22en_US
dc.descriptionChotmaihet Thangphaet.en_US
dc.description.abstractBody iron stores is sensitively indicated to iron status. Since iron status strongly affects to iron absorption, body iron stores is a factor of estimating the dietary iron absorption method as proposed by Monsen. This study aimed to determine body iron stores in Thai women of reproductive age, which is one of the iron deficiency risk groups. The serum ferritin levels of 115 normal iron status (serum ferritin > or = 12 ng/ml) women aged between 18-45 years were included in the body iron stores calculation by Cook's method. The result showed that the mean body iron stores of the women was 292.78 mg. This finding was consistent with previous reports that the values were in the range of 200-400 mg in the women. The mean body iron stores were of 309 mg and nearly 300 mg in American and Australian women, respectively. The values were less than the recommended amount of 500 mg in adult women. Only 3 per cent of the Thai women in the present study met the recommended amount. So, as in American and Swedish women, less than 5 per cent of them reached the storage iron of 500 mg.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBoontaveeyuwat N, Sittisingh U. Body iron stores in Thai women of reproductive age. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. 2003 Apr; 86(4): 343-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/43740
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.mat.or.th/journal/all.phpen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshAge Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshAnemia, Iron-Deficiency --blooden_US
dc.subject.meshBody Compositionen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshFerritins --blooden_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshRisk Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshSex Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshThailanden_US
dc.titleBody iron stores in Thai women of reproductive age.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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