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Iron Sufficiency with Prolonged Exclusive Breast-feeding in Peruvian Infants

Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Pathology, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York

Peter J. Howanitz

Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Pathology, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York

Frank A. Oski

Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Pathology, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York

Serum ferritin and erythrocyte porphyrin concentrations were measured in seven Peruvian infants, who ranged in age from 7.5-12.0 months (mean: 9.3 months), who had been exclusively breast-fed all their lives. No infant had evidence of iron deficiency as reflected by a reduced serum ferritin, or an increased erythrocyte porphyrin. Mean serum ferritin and erythrocyte por phyrin values in these seven infants were similar to those of 40 nonanemic, noniron-deficient U.S. infants who ranged in age from 9 to 12 months, on a mixed diet. These findings illustrate that exclusively breast-feeding an infant for at least 9 months of life meets the iron requirements of the full-term infant.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 20, No. 10, 625-626 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288102001002


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