Iron status of pregnant women at first antenatal booking in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital
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Date
1999
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Tropical doctor
Abstract
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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Keywords
Iron status, Pregnant women, Antenatal booking, Mbarara University Teaching Hospital
Citation
Kiwanuka, G. N., Isharaza, W. K., & Mahmoud, S. (1999). Iron status of pregnant women at first antenatal booking in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital. Tropical doctor, 29(4), 228-230.