Anemia

Clinical Study

A Program of Nutritional Education in Schools Reduced the Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in Students

Table 3

Changes in ferritin, retinol, and folate concentrations in children before and after the intervention of nutritional education in schools from Aragua, TΓ‘chira, and Lara States, Venezuela. Classification by State of precedence.
Ferritin (ΞΌg/L)Serum retinol ΞΌg/dLSerum folate nmol/L
𝑛 Before interventionAfter interventionBefore interventionAfter interventionBefore interventionAfter intervention
Aragua69 1 2 . 0 0 Β± 1 0 . 1 7 a 2 4 . 3 3 Β± 1 8 . 3 4 βˆ— 2 0 . 6 6 Β± 6 . 7 2 a , b 1 7 . 1 7 Β± 3 . 6 9 a 7 . 4 3 Β± 4 . 9 9 1 0 . 3 4 Β± 8 . 9 0 a , b
TΓ‘chira179 2 1 . 0 6 Β± 1 2 . 8 1 b 2 3 . 6 0 Β± 1 6 . 4 8 2 3 . 7 2 Β± 5 . 9 5 b 2 2 . 4 5 Β± 5 . 8 8 b 1 2 . 9 9 Β± 7 . 2 4 1 2 . 1 6 Β± 9 . 2 9 b
Lara179 1 6 . 5 2 Β± 1 0 . 6 2 a , b 2 0 . 8 8 Β± 1 3 . 9 0 2 0 . 5 0 Β± 6 . 9 1 a 2 0 . 4 8 Β± 5 . 7 4 b 1 1 . 2 1 Β± 9 . 3 5 9 . 1 9 Β± 8 . 0 7 a
Total427 𝟏 πŸ” . πŸ“ πŸ‘ Β± 𝟏 πŸ‘ . 𝟏 πŸ• 𝟐 𝟐 . πŸ— πŸ’ Β± 𝟏 πŸ” . 𝟐 πŸ’ βˆ— 𝟐 𝟏 . πŸ” πŸ” Β± πŸ” . πŸ” πŸ’ 𝟐 𝟎 . 𝟎 πŸ— Β± πŸ“ . 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 . πŸ“ πŸ’ Β± πŸ• . 𝟏 πŸ— 𝟏 𝟎 . πŸ“ πŸ” Β± πŸ– . πŸ• πŸ“
*Statistically significant difference between before and after intervention ( 𝑃 < . 0 5 ).
aDifferent superscript letters, statistically different between states ( 𝑃 < . 0 5 ).