[Observation on the efficacy of glycine chelated iron (II) in improving nutritional anemia in children].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the efficiency of glycine chelated iron (II) on nutritional iron-deficient anemia.


METHODS
The iron-deficient anemic children (120 subjects), aged 7 - 12 were randomly divided into two groups, one group as a control group given with a placeboes and another group treated with glycine chelated iron (II) for one month.


RESULTS
Compared with the control group, the addition of glycine chelated iron (II) group had a significantly higher hemoglobin level ( > 10 g/L) in whole blood and a lower free erythrocyte protoporphyrin (FEP) content.


CONCLUSIONS
The iron from glycine chelated iron (II) have a role in improving nutritional iron-deficient anemia in children.
Jin
Ya-Sheng
YS
Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Lai
Jian-Qiang
JQ
Zhao
Xian-Feng
XF
Meng
Jing
J
D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
C101403:iron-glycine chelate; D005998:Glycine