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    Iron status of pregnant women at first antenatal booking in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital

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    1999
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    Kiwanuka, Gertrude N.
    Isharaza, W. K.
    Mahmoud, S.
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    An assessment of iron status was made on 96 pregnant women and 29 non-pregnant, non-lactating menstruating women of comparable age group as controls. Anaemia (haemoglobin < 110 g/l) was present in 84.4% of the pregnant women and in 48.3% of the control group. Iron deficiency (serum ferritin < 12.0 pg/l) was present in 51.1% of the pregnant group and 37.9% of the control group. Prevalence of anaemia with iron deficiency was 54.7% in anaemic pregnant women. Serum ferritin correlated significantly with low haemoglobin (P < 0.05). Median serum ferritin declined progressively until 3 1 weeks of gestation. Preliminary studies on their dietetics showed that low animal protein consumption and poor dietary iron bioavailability were associated with anaemia.
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    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/004947559902900412
    https://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2459
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