20.500.12556/DiRROS-24065 Dietary iron intake and biomarkers of iron status in Slovenian population results of SI.Menu/nutrihealth study Prehranski vnos železa in biomarkerji preskrbljenosti z železom pri slovenski populaciji: rezultati raziskave SI.Menu/Nutrihealth Inadequate iron intake and iron deficiency are recognised as a public health problem in the population at large, and particularly in specific subpopulations. Dietary iron intake was analysed using data of the national Slovenian food consumption study, SI.Menu (n = 1248 subjects; 10–74 years), while iron status was evaluated with laboratory analyses of blood haemoglobin, serum ferritin, and iron concentration in samples, collected in the Nutrihealth study (n = 280, adults). The estimated daily usual population-weighted mean iron intakes ranged from 16.0 mg in adults and the elderly to 16.7 in adolescents, and were lower in females for all three age groups. The main dietary iron sources in all the age groups were bread and bakery products, meat (products), fruit, and vegetables. The highest prevalence of haemoglobin anaemia was observed in females aged 51–64 years (6.7%). Critically depleted iron stores (ferritin concentration < 15 µg/L) were particularly found in premenopausal females (10.1%). Factors influencing low haemoglobin, ferritin, and iron intake were also investigated. We observed significant correlations between iron status with meat and fish intake, and with iron intake from meat and fish, but not with total iron intake. We can conclude that particularly premenopausal females are the most fragile population in terms of inadequate iron intake and iron deficiency, which should be considered in future research and public health strategies. iron intake ferritin haemoglobin deficiency EU Menu Nutrihealth železo vnos feritin hemoglobin pomanjkanje EU meni true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Neznano 2025-11-11 08:48:52 2025-11-11 08:57:08 2025-11-12 03:48:13 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 5. 12. 2022; Št. članka: 334; 26 str. iss. 23, art. 5144 Vol. 14 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2022-01-01 546.72:613.292:614 2072-6643 10.3390/nu14235144 132231939 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/23/5144 1 dfcca9f7-bed2-11f0-94a7-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=35778 RAZ_Lavrisa_Ziva_2022.pdf RAZ_Lavrisa_Ziva_2022.pdf 1 F5A0798515A2C09E754685D1A7FC3E17 480898dba460a0fa4512e2ac46b899754c68e9c465483b6f24e23c5d2a344e84 d3ba6722-bed3-11f0-94a7-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=35791 Inštitut za nutricionistiko 0 0 0