Anemia
Conditions
Sponsors
Tokyo Healthcare University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Adult women who are 20 to 65 years old at the time of agreement acquisition (2) Subjects whose Hb levels were less than 13 g/dL by a medical examination of 2014.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1)Subjects who regularly uses the health foods such as supplements for the purpose of iron medicine or the iron supply. (2)Subjects who have serious disease (liver, kidney, cerebrovascular, endocrine metabolic diseases, infectious diseases that requires notification) needed to notify (3)Subjects receiving treatment or medication for cancer, and subjects with a history of cancer. (4)Subjects who have a history of major surgery of digestive system (5)Subject with irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel syndrome or gastrointestinal dysfunction (6)Subject who regularly undertakes medication or treatment that affects bowel motion (such as: antibiotics, antiflatulents, laxatives, anti-diarrheal drug) or functional food / nutraceuticals, health supplements (such as: lactic acid bacteria, bifidobacteria, oligosaccharides, dietary fiber) (7)Subject with a history of allergy to medicine and food (8)Subject who donated: 400 ml whole blood within past 12 weeks or 200 ml whole blood within past 4 weeks or plasma or platelets within past 2 weeks prior to this study (9)Subject who is judged to be ineligible due to subject's background, physical findings, medical examination, physical and clinical examination by principal investigator or sub investigator.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| hemoglobin, red blood cell, serum ferritin | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| hematocrit, serum transferrin, total iron binding capacity (TIBC), reticular red count, total serum iron, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), transferrin-saturation, defecation frequency, fecal property | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactProf. Taeko Shimoda
Tokyo Healthcare University Faculty of Healthcare, Division of Medical Nutrition
Outcome results
None listed