Daily home fortification with iron as ferrous fumarate versus NaFeEDTA: a randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial in Kenyan children

Daily home fortification with iron as ferrous fumarate versus NaFeEDTA: a randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial in Kenyan children

Abstract Background We aimed to show the non-inferiority of home fortification with a daily dose of 3 mg iron in the form of iron as ferric sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (NaFeEDTA) compared with 12.5 mg iron as encapsulated ferrous fumarate in Kenyan children aged 12–36 months. In addition, we...

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Main Authors: Emily M. Teshome, Pauline E. A. Andang’o, Victor Osoti, Sofie R. Terwel, Walter Otieno, Ayşe Y. Demir, Andrew M. Prentice, Hans Verhoef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Anaemia
Child
Pre-school
Ferric sodium EDTA
Home fortification
Iron
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0839-z

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