Iron status of pregnant women at first antenatal booking in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital
dc.contributor.author | Kiwanuka, Gertrude N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Isharaza, W. K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mahmoud, S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-07T11:31:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-07T11:31:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.identifier.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. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/004947559902900412 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2459 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Tropical doctor | en_US |
dc.subject | Iron status | en_US |
dc.subject | Pregnant women | en_US |
dc.subject | Antenatal booking | en_US |
dc.subject | Mbarara University Teaching Hospital | en_US |
dc.title | Iron status of pregnant women at first antenatal booking in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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