Relationship between dietary intake and iron nutritional status in chilean women of childbearing age from a university community
| dc.coverage | DOI: 10.4067/S0717-75182021000100089 | |
| dc.creator | Sutherland, Sofía | |
| dc.creator | Martín, Pamela San | |
| dc.creator | Reyes, Eliana | |
| dc.date | 2021 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 05-01-2026 18:13 | |
| dc.date.available | 05-01-2026 18:13 | |
| dc.description | <p>Objectives: To relate dietary intake of iron with iron status in a sample of women of childbearing age from Santiago de Chile. Methods: A Food Frequency Survey was applied to 51 women between 18-35 years of age to estimate intake of dietary iron, together with the measurement of biochemical biomarkers to determine iron stores. Using the Mann-Whitney statistical test, significant differences were analyzed between the groups according to nutritional status of iron and its blood parameters. Results: Thirty seven of the participants (72.5%) do not meet the recommended daily iron intake. Two had anemia, 2 had iron deficiency without anemia, and twelve had depleted iron stores. Three women with deficient iron stores had an adequate iron intake, while 71% of women with normal iron stores showed an insufficient iron intake. Conclusions: We observed a low compliance with the daily iron requirements and no better hematological values ?were associated with higher iron intake, despite a high percentage of women with normal iron stores. To identify the type of iron mainly contributed by the diet and if there are other dietary and non-dietary factors affecting iron stores, further analysis of this population group is required.</p> | eng |
| dc.identifier | https://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/bd46ce0c-a41c-4374-a754-2ec61f84eda2 | |
| dc.language | spa | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | vol.48 (2021) nr.1 p.89-94 | |
| dc.subject | Dietary iron | |
| dc.subject | Iron status | |
| dc.subject | Women of childbearing age | |
| dc.subject | Dietary iron | |
| dc.subject | Iron status | |
| dc.subject | Women of childbearing age | |
| dc.title | Relationship between dietary intake and iron nutritional status in chilean women of childbearing age from a university community | eng |
| dc.title | Relación entre ingesta dietética y estado nutricional del hierro en mujeres chilenas en edad fértil de una comunidad universitaria | spa |
| dc.type | Article | eng |
| dc.type | Artículo | spa |