Impact of hematinic supplementation on cognitive function in underprivileged school girls (8–15 Yrs of age)

Effects of daily iron supplementation in primary-school–aged children: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

“…The primary outcome findings are presented in Table 3 [28][29][30][31]34 and 1 study used overall school performance. 17,18 Data from 2 other studies could not be included because global cognitive scores were not presented.…”

“…Kashyap et al 34 Soemantri et al 56 Ayoya et al 17 Sungthong et al 57 Pollitt et al 44 Mean Overall school grades Gopaldas et al [29][30][31] Pollitt et al 44 Seshadri et al 28 Kashyap et al 34 Seshadri et al 17 Gopaldas et al [29][30][31] Pollitt et al 44 Seshadri et al 28,55 (study 2)…”

The Effect of Iron on Cognitive Development and Function in Infants, Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

“…The seven studies on school children and adolescents provided iron supplements in the form of ferrous sulfate [8,16,31,32,33,34,35]. Four studies included children and adolescents from 6 to 15 years of age [29,30,31,32], and 1 study included 13- to 18-year-old adolescents [8].…”

“…Four studies included children and adolescents from 6 to 15 years of age [29,30,31,32], and 1 study included 13- to 18-year-old adolescents [8]. Two studies were performed on females only [8,33]. …”

“…One study was conducted in the USA [8], whereas the others were conducted in Asia: 2 in India [33,34], 2 in Indonesia [32,35] and 2 in Thailand [16,31]. The dosages of supplemented iron varied widely.…”