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Baseline characteristic of Vietnamese schoolchildren by group after random assignment (n = 221) |
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| Fe + MEB (n = 72) |
Fe tablet + MEB (n = 76) |
MEB (Control) (n = 73) |
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| Male sex (%) |
48.6 |
51.3 |
46.6 |
| Age (month)1 |
87.3 ± 11.6 |
86.4 ± 9.8 |
87.9 ± 10.2 |
| Haemoglobin (g/L)1 |
107.6 ± 6.9 |
108.4 ± 6.7 |
108.9 ± 6.5 |
| SF (μg/L)2 |
46.8 (33.3 – 66.4) |
54.2 (39.7 – 72.4) |
54.5 (37.8 – 79.7) |
| TfR (mg/L)1 |
6.0 ± 1.3 |
5.9 ± 1.1 |
6.2 ± 1.4 |
| Body iron (mg/kg)1 |
6.0 ± 2.3 |
6.6 ± 1.9 |
6.3 ± 2.7 |
| SF < 12 μg/L (%) |
1.4 |
0 |
1.4 |
| TfR > 8.5 mg/L (%) |
2.8 |
1.3 |
5.5 |
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1 Mean ± SD 2 Geometric mean (25 and 75 percentile) Fe + MEB: Iron-fortified noodles and mebendazole Fe tablet + MEB: Iron supplementation and mebendazole MEB: Mebendazole | |||
Thi Le et al. Nutrition Journal 2006 5:32 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-32 |
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