Open AccessIron status of babies born to iron-deficient anaemic mothers in an Iranian hospital
Author(s) -
Fatemeh Emamghorashi,
Tana Heidari
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eastern mediterranean health journal/eastern mediterranean health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1687-1634
pISSN - 1020-3397
DOI - 10.26719/2004.10.6.808
Subject(s) - serum iron , iron deficiency , total iron binding capacity , iron status , medicine , ferritin , serum ferritin , physiology , pediatrics , anemia
Weinvestigated the relation between maternal anaemia and neonatal iron status in 97 mothers and their babies. Haemoglobin [Hb], serum iron, total iron binding capacity and serum ferritin were determined. Mothers were divided into 3 groups:iron-deficient anaemic [22.7%], non-anaemic iron-deficient [27.8%] and non-anaemic non-iron-deficient [49.5%]. There was no significant difference in the mean ages of the 3 groups but there were significant differences in relation to parity, Hb and serum ferritin levels. There was no significant difference in the mean value of serum iron or total iron binding capacity among the neonates of the 3 groups. Babies of iron-deficient anaemic mothers had significantly lower levels of serum ferritin [115.3 ng/mL] than nonanaemic, non-iron-deficient mothers [204.8 ng/mL] but not compared with the non-anaemic iron-deficient group. Maternal iron deficiency may affect iron status in their babies and predispose them to iron deficiency