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| Title |
Efetividade da suplementação de sulfato ferroso na prevenção da anemia em crianças: revisão sistemática da literatura e metanálise
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| Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00152312 |
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| Authors |
Francieli Cembranel, Camila Dallazen, David Alejandro González-Chica |
| Abstract |
This was a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating the effectiveness of ferrous sulfate supplementation in the prevention of anemia in children under five. The database search included PubMed, Scopus, LILACS, and SciELO. Articles published between 1980 and 2011 in Spanish, English, or Portuguese were included, using the keywords child, preschool, infant, anemia, prevention, and iron supplementation. The authors selected 13 studies, which showed that regardless of dose and duration of supplementation, daily regimen was more consistently related to improvement in hemoglobin levels (pooled effect 0.56mg/dL, 95%CI: 0.31; 0.81, p < 0.001) as compared to weekly intervention (pooled effect 0.28mg/dL, 95%CI: -0.22; 0.78, p = 0.273). Iron supplementation was not associated with decreased prevalence of anemia, even with daily doses, and administration with other micronutrients did not bring additional benefits compared to the exclusive administration of iron supplement. Daily supplementation of ferrous sulfate was more effective than weekly doses in improving hemoglobin levels. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 42 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 5% |
| Peru | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 39 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 43% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 10% |
| Unknown | 8 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 14% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 17% |
| Unknown | 12 | 29% |