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Title: Evaluation of effectiveness of iron-folate supplementation and anthelmintic therapy against aneamia in pregnancy - a study in the plantation sector of Sri Lanka
Authors: Athukorala, T.M.S.
de Silva, L.D.R.
Dechering, W.H.J.C.
Dissanayake, T.S.
Keywords: Anemia
Anemia-prevention and control
Anthelmintics-therapeutic use
Body Mass Index
Folic Acid-therapeutic use
Iron-administration and dosage
Iron-therapeutic use
Nutritional Status
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy Complications-prevention and control
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic-drug therapy
Issue Date: 1994
Publisher: American Society of Clinical Nutrition
Citation: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1994; 60(2): pp.286-292
Abstract: Intervention measures against anemia available to plantation workers during pregnancy include fortified food supplements (thriposha) and iron-folate supplements containing 60 mg elemental Fe. The effectiveness of these intervention measures was studied in 195 subjects whose iron and nutritional status were assessed at < 24 and > 32 wk of gestation. Taking thriposha conferred no significant benefit on maternal nutritional status, probably because sufficient amounts were not consumed. An increase in the duration of iron-folate supplementation to > 17 wk caused a significant positive change (P < 0.01) in hemoglobin, whereas an increase in the dose frequency had no significant benefit. Anthelminthic therapy in addition to iron-folate supplements caused a significant positive change in hemoglobin (P < 0.001) and serum ferritin (P < 0.005) compared with no supplementation. Thus, anthelminthic therapy significantly increased the beneficial effects of iron supplementation on hemoglobin concentration and iron status.
Description: Indexed in MEDLINE
URI: http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1213
ISSN: 0002-9165 (Print)
1938-3207 (Electronic)
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