The Effect of Oral Iron Supplementation on Gut Microbial Composition: a Secondary Analysis of a Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial among Cambodian Women of Reproductive Age

The Effect of Oral Iron Supplementation on Gut Microbial Composition: a Secondary Analysis of a Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial among Cambodian Women of Reproductive Age

ABSTRACT The World Health Organization recommends untargeted iron supplementation for women of reproductive age (WRA) in countries where anemia prevalence is greater than 40%, such as Cambodia. Iron supplements, however, often have poor bioavailability, so the majority remains unabsorbed in the colo...

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Main Authors: Emma Finlayson-Trick, Jacob Nearing, Jordie AJ. Fischer, Yvonne Ma, Siyun Wang, Hou Krouen, David M. Goldfarb, Crystal D. Karakochuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
enteropathogen
gut microbiome
iron supplementation
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.05273-22

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