Iron-fortified Flavoured Skimmed Milk With or Without Vitamin D in Iron Deficient Women

National Research Council, Spain109 enrolled

Overview

Iron deficiency and vitamin D deficiencies are common in menstruating women. The present assay studied the influence of the consumption of a flavoured skimmed milk with iron (iron pyrophosphate) or with iron and vitamin D3 in iron deficient women on: * Iron metabolism * Biomarkers of bone remodelling * Cardiovascular risk indexes

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

109

Conditions

Iron Deficiency

Interventions

Iron fortified flavoured skimmed milk with or without vitamin D in iron deficient womenOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 35 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Non-smoker or smokers of ≤ 3 cigarettes/day * Non-pregnant * non-breast-feeding * Serum ferritin \<30ng/mL * Haemoglobin ≥11g/dL Exclusion Criteria: * Amenorrhea * Menopause * Any known health problems likely to influence iron status including iron-metabolism-related diseases (iron deficiency anaemia, thalassaemia, haemochromatosis) * Chronic gastric diseases (inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn disease, gastric ulcers, celiac disease, hemorrhagic diseases) * Renal disease or allergy to some of the components of the assay diary product. * Blood donors * Have regularly consumed iron or ascorbic acid supplements within the four months prior to participating in the intervention.