Papers/PMID:16960172
Vitamin A supplementation in children with poor vitamin A and iron status increases erythropoietin and hemoglobin concentrations without changing total body iron.
The American journal of clinical nutrition2006The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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all-trans-retinol — increases blood haemoglobin concentration
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Findingreplicated ×2“Vitamin A treatment increased mean hemoglobin by 7 g/L (P < 0.02) and reduced the prevalence of anemia from 54% to 38% (P < 0.01).”
Quoted verbatim from Vitamin A supplementation in children with poor vitamin A and iron status increases erythropoietin and hemoglobin concentrations without changing total body iron.. - Study
- RCT
- Dose
- 200,000 IU vitamin A at baseline and at 5 mo
- Population
- Moroccan schoolchildren with poor vitamin A and iron status, 54% anemic at baseline
Vitamin A supplementation in children with poor vitamin A and iron status increases erythropoietin and hemoglobin concentrations without changing total body iron.2006PMID:16960172Permalink