Abstract
The current research was designed to determine the synergistic effects of prebiotics and iron fortificants on serum transferrin, transferrin saturation and total iron binding capacity levels in iron deficient women of reproductive age. For this purpose, a double blind randomized control study was designed taking n = 75 iron deficient women of reproductive age group. They were divided into four treatment and one control group, so as to provide them with varying combinations of prebiotics and iron fortificants on daily basis for 12 weeks. Two prebiotics including Galacto oligosaccharides and Inulin and two iron fortificants namely ferrous sulphate and sodium iron EDTA were selected. Overnight fasting blood samples were taken from women at baseline, 30th, 60th and 90th days, respectively. Mean square values for serum transferrin, transferrin saturation and total iron binding capacity levels indicated that there existed significant variations for the effect of groups, study intervals as well as the interaction between groups and study intervals (P-value < 0.05). The study concluded that prebiotics and iron fortificants in combination with each other could significantly improve iron deficiency parameters among women of reproductive age. This potential could further be exploited to treat the menace of iron deficiency anemia, which is a huge public health problem globally.
Presenters
Dr. Abdul Momin Rizwan AhmadAssistant Professor, Human Nutrition & Dietetics, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Prebiotics, Iron Fortificants, Transferrin, Iron Deficiency, Anemia, Public Health
