Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 258-263 (April 2008) Post-prandial iron absorption in humans: Comparison between HFE genotypes and iron deficiency anaemia Carol Hutchinson, Rana E. Conway, Adrian Bomford, Robert C. Hider, Jonathan J. Powell, Catherine A. Geissler Clinical Nutrition Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 258-263 (April 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.12.007 Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Serum iron curves. Serum iron curves after ingestion of a meal containing 13.1mg iron (mean±S.E). IDA (○; n=10) versus HH (●; n=12) P=0.54; heterozygous subjects (■; n=7) versus controls (▴; n=14) P=0.65; and HH versus controls P<0.0001. Clinical Nutrition 2008 27, 258-263DOI: (10.1016/j.clnu.2007.12.007) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Post-prandial non-transferrin bound iron (NTBI). Serum NTBI after ingestion of a meal containing 13.1mg non-haem iron. In HH patients (●; n=5), the increase in serum NTBI approached significance (P=0.06). In the healthy controls (▴; n=6), NTBI was not detected at baseline and there was no post-prandial rise in NTBI (P=0.64). Clinical Nutrition 2008 27, 258-263DOI: (10.1016/j.clnu.2007.12.007) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Rates of post-prandial iron absorption calculated using 58Fe data. The rate of post-prandial iron absorption was significantly greater in HH patients (■; n=5) compared with controls (□; n=6) (P<0.05) (mean±S.E). Clinical Nutrition 2008 27, 258-263DOI: (10.1016/j.clnu.2007.12.007) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Terms and Conditions