[Observation on the efficacy of glycine chelated iron (II) in improving nutritional anemia in children].

OBJECTIVE: To observe the efficiency of glycine chelated iron (II) on nutritional iron-deficient anemia. METHOD: The iron-deficient anemic children (120 subjects), aged 7 - 12 were randomly divided into two groups, one group as a control group given with a placeboes and another group treated with glycine chelated iron (II) for one month. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, the addition of glycine chelated iron (II) group had a significantly higher hemoglobin level ( > 10 g/L) in whole blood and a lower free erythrocyte protoporphyrin (FEP) content. CONCLUSION: The iron from glycine chelated iron (II) have a role in improving nutritional iron-deficient anemia in children.