title: [Iron status in presumably healthy children 10 months, 2 years and 4 years of age].
abstract: Iron status was assessed using a combination of several biochemical indicators (serum ferritin, erythrocyte protoporphyrin, serum iron, MCV, hemoglobin) in 3,676 apparently healthy children. Children who were 10 months, 2 years and 4 years of age were selected from the population undergoing a free medical check up in a Paris Child Health Center. The prevalence of iron deficiency in children of parents from continental France was 29% in the 10 month olds, 13% in the 2 year olds and 7% in those who were 4 years of age. Corresponding figures in children born of immigrant parents were 50%, 44% and 15% respectively. Iron deficiency anemia was found in 8% of 10 month olds from continental France versus 23% in the other group. Children born of parents from the South Sahara were found to be at high risk for iron deficiency.
authors.affiliation: CRAN/ISTA, CNAM, Paris.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mekki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Galan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rossignol
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Farnier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hercberg
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000097:blood* / Q000208:ethnology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D008297:Male; D010297:Paris; D011897:Random Allocation; D014171:Transients and Migrants
chemical_list: D007501:Iron
vernacular_title: Le statut en fer chez l'enfant de 10 mois, 2 ans et 4 ans présumé bien-portant.