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. 2016 Jan 20;146(3):612–621. doi: 10.3945/jn.115.223917

TABLE 5.

Dose-response results in iron-supplemented infants whose mothers received iron in pregnancy: Relations between the number of bottles of iron received and infant iron status at 9 mo1

Number of bottles of iron
≤10 (VL) 11–20 (L) >20 (M) P value2 Significant contrasts3 RR (95% CI)4
n 229 66 21
Iron measures
 Hb, g/L 112 (110, 113) 114 (111, 117) 120 (114, 125) <0.01 M > VL, L5
 MCV, fL 68.5 (67.9, 69.0) 69.3 (68.3, 70.2) 70.1 (68.3, 71.8) 0.03 M5 > VL
 SF,6 μg/L 10.7 (9.6, 12.0) 13.9 (11.2, 17.1) 18.3 (12.6, 26.6) <0.01 M, L > VL
 ZPP/H,6,7 μmol/mol heme 74.3 (69.3, 79.6) 70.7 (62.2, 80.3) 68.3 (54.8, 85.1) 0.36
 sTfR,6 nmol/L 25.3 (24.3, 26.3) 24.1 (22.4, 26.0) 19.5 (17.1, 22.3) <0.001 M < VL, L
 BI −0.42 (−0.91, 0.07) 0.67 (−0.24, 1.58) 2.43 (0.81, 4.04) <0.001 M, L > VL
M > L5
Iron status indicators
 ID (cutoff)7 142/229 (62.0) 38/66 (57.6) 8/21 (38.1) 0.05 M vs. VL 0.61 (0.35, 1.07)
 ID (BI) 115/229 (50.2) 26/66 (39.4) 5/16 (23.8) 0.01 M vs. VL 0.47 (0.22, 1.03)
 IDA (cutoff) 87/229 (38.0) 16/66 (24.2) 2/21 (9.5) <0.01 L vs. VL 0.64 (0.40, 1.01)
M vs. VL 0.25 (0.07, 0.95)
 IDA (BI) 76/229 (33.2) 14/66 (21.2) 1/21 (4.8) <0.001 M vs. VL 0.14 (0.02, 0.98)
L5 vs. VL 0.64 (0.39, 1.05)
1

Values are means (95% CIs) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical ones. BI, body iron; Hb, hemoglobin; ID, iron deficiency; IDA, iron deficiency anemia; L, low; M, medium; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; SF, serum ferritin; sTfR, serum transferrin receptor; VL, very low; ZPP/H, zinc protoporphyrin/heme.

2

P values are for the linear trend.

3

Significant contrasts (P < 0.05) are based on general linear models for continuous measures and logistic regression for iron status indicators.

4

RR is shown for the significant corresponding contrasts for iron status indicators.

5

Suggestive trend (P < 0.10) is shown to indicate the pattern of findings.

6

Values are geometric means (95% CIs). Statistical analyses were conducted on log-transformed SF, ZPP/H, and sTfR.

7

Iron status at birth was a significant covariate for ZPP/H and ID (cutoff). Adjusted values are shown.