| Title: | Dietary iron intake and biomarkers of iron status in Slovenian population : results of SI.Menu/nutrihealth study |
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| Authors: | ID Lavriša, Živa (Author)
ID Hristov, Hristo (Author)
ID Hribar, Maša (Author)
ID Koroušić-Seljak, Barbara (Author)
ID Gregorič, Matej (Author)
ID Blaznik, Urška (Author)
ID Zaletel, Katja (Author)
ID Oblak, Adrijana (Author)
ID Osredkar, Joško (Author)
ID Kušar, Anita (Author)
ID Žmitek, Katja (Author)
ID Lainščak, Mitja (Author)
ID Pravst, Igor (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  NUTRIS - Institute of Nutrition
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | iron, intake, ferritin, haemoglobin, deficiency, EU Menu, Nutrihealth |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.01.2022 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2022 |
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| Number of pages: | 26 str. |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 14, iss. 23, art. 5144 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-24065  |
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| UDC: | 546.72:613.292:614 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2072-6643 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/nu14235144 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 132231939 |
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| Copyright: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 5. 12. 2022;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 11.11.2025 |
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