Iron status of late preterm children on two different doses of iron at 6 months
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/02/007943
- Lead Sponsor
- Anusha hegde
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 180
Inclusion Criteria
1.All healthy appropriate for gestational age babies born at gestational age of 34-36 weeks
2.Singleton baby
3.Exclusively or predominantly breastfed since birth and willing to continue it until 6 months of age.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Maternal Hb <9gm/dl at the time of childbirth, Antepartum Haemorrhage (APH).
2.Newborn condition like sepsis, meconium aspiration syndrome, congenital infections, genetic abnormalities, gross congenital anomaly, Apgar score <3 at one minute or <7 at 5 minutes.
3.Hb <10.5gm/dl or other haematological disorder in an infant at enrolment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Serum ferritin levels of the two groups of infantsTimepoint: at 6 months of age
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Haemoglobin levels of the two groups of infants at 6 months of age. <br/ ><br>2.MCV, serum iron, total iron binding capacity, transferrin saturation at 6 months of age in two groups. <br/ ><br>3.Frequency of diarrhoea, constipation and vomiting during therapy <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 6 months of age