TABLE 3.
Reported effect of intervention on diarrhea incidence by iron type1
| Iron type | Increased incidence | No effect |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrous sulfate | Dewey et al. (28) | Richard et al. (72) |
| Ferrous sulfate | Baqui et al. (36) | Chen et al. (2013) (71) |
| Ferrous sulfate | Rosado and Allen (73) | |
| Ferrous gluconate | Abdelrazik et al. (38) | |
| Ferrous gluconate | Mitra et al. (35)2 | |
| Ferrous fumarate | Soofi et al. (30)2 | Jaeggi et al. (17) |
| Ferrous fumarate | Luabeya et al. (32) | |
| Ferrous fumarate | Lemaire et al. (33) | |
| Ferrous fumarate | Christofides et al. (62) | |
| Ferrous fumarate | Javaid et al. (69) | |
| Ferrous fumarate | Giovannini et al. (68) | |
| NaFeEDTA + ferrous fumarate | Paganini et al. (23) | |
| NaFeEDTA | Barth-Jaeggi et al. (67) | |
| NaFeEDTA | Chen et al. (2011) (31) | |
| Nondescript iron | Chang et al. (34) | |
| Nondescript iron | Menon et al. (29)2 |
1
NaFeEDTA, sodium iron ethylene diamine tetraacetate.
2
Significant increase within population subgroup only.