TABLE 1.

Reported iron absorption among WRA and adolescent girls in India¹

Study	Age (y)	Sample	Anemia status	Cereal source	Meal iron (mg)	Isotope iron (mg)	Absorption2 (%)
Thankachan et al. (23)	18–35	20	Anemic	Rice	1.3	3.0	17.5 ± 11.4
	18–35	20	Normal	Rice	1.3	3.0	7.3 ± 5.9
Kalasuramath et al. (24)	18–35	15	Anemic	Rice	2.5	3.0	8.3 ± 2.2
	18–35	15	Anemic	Wheat	3.4	3.0	11.2 ± 1.6
	18–35	15	Anemic	Ragi (millet)	2.7	3.0	4.6 ± 1.9
	18–35	15	Normal	Rice	2.5	3.0	2.7 ± 1.7
Herter-Aeberli et al. (25)	18–35	16	Normal3	Rice	1.3	5.0	10.0 ± 6.5
	18–35	13	Normal	Rice	1.3	5.0	16.7 ± 4.6
Nair et al. (26)	13–15	16	Normal	Rice	10.8	3.4	9.7 ± 6.5

¹All studies followed a stable isotope iron absorption method to measure the absoprtion of iron from the meal.

²Values are means ± SDs.

³Overweight.