Iron harmful during pregnancy

http://health.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1273191.cms

Iron harmful during pregnancy

Children, whose mothers take iron tablets during pregnancy, may
develop abnormality in behaviour, says a new study.

Researcher Maria Makrides, a nutritionist from South Australia's Child
Health Research Institute and team studied 431 pregnant women. Half of
them took a daily 20-milligram iron tablet, the rest a placebo,
reports online edition of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

When parents were surveyed about the behaviour of their children, the
women who received iron supplements reported more "abnormal behaviour"
than those without supplements. The abnormal behaviour was related to
peer conduct, socialisation and hyperactivity, it said.

However, the study shows benefit on women's health. Women taking
supplements had better iron stores six months after delivery. At the
end of their pregnancies, only 3 percent of the women in the iron
group had iron deficiency anaemia compared with 11 percent who didn't
get extra iron.

Makrides says the abnormal behaviour study has to be interpreted with
caution because only a small number that is 10 percent of all the
children had that and that was based on the parent's assessment.

She says there's a lack of long-term data on what happens to children
after iron supplementation in pregnancy, although some studies in
developing countries suggest it improves child development.

"What we found was that there was absolutely no difference in the IQ
of the children of the mothers who got iron or placebo during
pregnancy," she says.

"We are planning to do a longer term study to find out what happens to
these kids when they start school," she says


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