TY - JOUR

T1 - The effect of daily consumption of the small fish Amblypharyngodon mola or added vitamin A on iron status

T2 - a randomised controlled trial among Bangladeshi children with marginal vitamin A status

AU - Andersen, Anna Birkmose

AU - Schmidt, Lise K H

AU - Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel

AU - Roos, Nanna

AU - Friis, Henrik

AU - Kongsbak, Katja

AU - Wahed, Mohammed A

AU - Thilsted, Shakuntala Haraksingh

N1 - CURIS 2016 NEXS 200

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) is a nutrient-rich, small fish found in ponds and rice fields in Bangladesh. The aim of the present intervention was to assess the effect of mola consumption on iron status in children with marginal vitamin A status.METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN: Bangladeshi children (n=196), aged 3-7 years, with marginal vitamin A status were randomly allocated to one of three intervention groups served different fish curries: mola curry (experimental group); rui (Labeo rohita) curry with added retinyl palmitate (positive control group); or rui curry (negative control group). The intervention meals were served 6 days/week for 9 weeks. The experimental and positive control meals were designed to contain similar amounts of retinol activity equivalents per portion. The mola curry contained four times more iron compared to the rui curries due to different iron content in the two fish species. Haemoglobin, ferritin, serum transferrin receptor and Creactive protein were measured at screening and endpoint.RESULTS: In the experimental group receiving mola, serum transferrin receptor concentration declined 0.73 mg/L (95% CI 0.17, 1.28, p=0.01) compared to the positive control group, while there were no differences between groups in ferritin or haemoglobin.CONCLUSIONS: Consumption of mola instead of rui has potentially an effect on iron status in children with marginal vitamin A status, seen as a decrease in serum transferrin receptor concentration.

AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) is a nutrient-rich, small fish found in ponds and rice fields in Bangladesh. The aim of the present intervention was to assess the effect of mola consumption on iron status in children with marginal vitamin A status.METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN: Bangladeshi children (n=196), aged 3-7 years, with marginal vitamin A status were randomly allocated to one of three intervention groups served different fish curries: mola curry (experimental group); rui (Labeo rohita) curry with added retinyl palmitate (positive control group); or rui curry (negative control group). The intervention meals were served 6 days/week for 9 weeks. The experimental and positive control meals were designed to contain similar amounts of retinol activity equivalents per portion. The mola curry contained four times more iron compared to the rui curries due to different iron content in the two fish species. Haemoglobin, ferritin, serum transferrin receptor and Creactive protein were measured at screening and endpoint.RESULTS: In the experimental group receiving mola, serum transferrin receptor concentration declined 0.73 mg/L (95% CI 0.17, 1.28, p=0.01) compared to the positive control group, while there were no differences between groups in ferritin or haemoglobin.CONCLUSIONS: Consumption of mola instead of rui has potentially an effect on iron status in children with marginal vitamin A status, seen as a decrease in serum transferrin receptor concentration.

KW - Journal Article

U2 - 10.6133/apjcn.092015.11

DO - 10.6133/apjcn.092015.11

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 27440679

VL - 25

SP - 464

EP - 471

JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

SN - 0964-7058

IS - 3

ER -