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THE RELATION BETWEEN MATERNAL AND CORD SERUM IRON LEVELS AND ITS EFFECT ON FETAL GROWTH IN IRON DEFIClENT MOTHERS WITHOUT MALARIAL INFECTION
Author(s) -
Nhonoli A. M.,
Kihama F. E.,
Ramji B. D.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00671.x
Subject(s) - cord blood , cord , fetus , medicine , umbilical cord , serum iron , population , physiology , pregnancy , placenta , iron deficiency , obstetrics , hemoglobin , immunology , anemia , biology , surgery , environmental health , genetics
Summary In this relatively iron deficient population both multiparous and primiparous pregnant women had similar serum iron levels. The mothers' levels had a linear correlation with the cord serum levels, but the lowest mean cord levels were above 100 μg./dl. Maternal and cord blood haemoglobin levels, birthweights and placental weights showed no constant relation to the serum iron levels, and even in anaemic mothers the fetus was relatively non‐anaemic with a haemoglobin level around 13 g./dl. In non‐anaemic mothers the cord blood haemoglobin rose rapidly and progressively.