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Change in haemoglobin, iron status indicators, and worm infection after 6 months of intervention among Vietnamese schoolchildren |
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| Fe + MEB (n = 72) |
Fe tablet + MEB (n = 76) |
MEB (Control) (n = 73) |
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| Change in Haemoglobin (g/L)1 |
17.8 ± 7.62 |
21.2 ± 10.72 |
14.5 ± 8.52 |
| Change in SF (μg/L)1 |
18.5 ± 30.92 |
111.7 ± 76.52 |
-6.5 ± 27.1 |
| Change in TfR (mg/L) |
-0.4 ± 0.92 |
-0.8 ± 0.92 |
-0.4 ± 0.92 |
| Change in Body iron (mg/kg)1 |
1.5 ± 1.92 |
4.2 ± 1.92 |
-0.1 ± 1.6 |
| Anaemia (%) |
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| T0 |
83.33 |
84.23 |
83.63 |
| T6 |
9.7 |
6.6 |
15.1 |
| SF <12 μg/L (%) |
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| T0 |
1.4 |
0 |
1.4 |
| T6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TfR >8.5 mg/L (%) |
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| T0 |
2.8 |
1.3 |
5.5 |
| T6 |
2.8 |
0 |
0 |
| Ascaris (%) |
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| T0 |
62.5 |
67.1 |
68.5 |
| T6 |
41.75 |
47.44 |
41.14 |
| Trichuris (%) |
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| T01 |
77.8 |
72.4 |
63.0 |
| T65 |
15.23 |
47.43 |
47.95 |
| Hookworm (%) |
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| T0 |
8.3 |
10.5 |
8.2 |
| T6 |
05 |
1.35 |
1.45 |
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1 Significant difference between group (one-way ANOVA): 1p < 0.001; 2 Significant difference within group before and after intervention (t test); 2p < 0.001; 3 Significant difference within group before and after intervention (McNemar); 3p < 0.001; 4p < 0.01;5p < 0.05; 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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