Iron status in breast-fed infants.
Iron status of 30 infants who had been breast fed until their first birthday and who had never received cow milk, medicinal iron, or iron-enriched formula and cereals was investigated; 30% were anemic at 12 months of age. The duration of exclusive breast-feeding was significantly longer among nonanemic infants (6.5 vs 5.5 months). None of the infants who were exclusively breast fed for 7 months or more and 43% of those who were breast fed for a shorter time were anemic. Infants who were exclusively breast fed for a prolonged period had a good iron status at 12 and 24 months.
Pisacane
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Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
De Vizia
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B
Valiante
A
A
Vaccaro
F
F
Russo
M
M
Grillo
G
G
Giustardi
A
A
D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors
D006454:Hemoglobins; D007501:Iron