Open AccessEvaluation by Serum Ferritin Assay of the Influence of Maternal Iron Stores on the Iron Status of Newborns and Infants
Author(s) -
Puolakka J.,
Jänne O.,
Vihko R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348009156380
Subject(s) - medicine , serum ferritin , ferritin , umbilical cord , iron status , cord blood , serum concentration , physiology , iron deficiency , serum iron , obstetrics , endocrinology , immunology , hemoglobin , anemia
Serum ferritin concentration was measured in 47 paired maternal and newborn (umbilical cord sample) blood specimens during delivery. The serum ferritin concentration was also measured in 31 of the above babies at the age of six months. Serum ferritin concentration of the newborn babies (mean 222 μg/l) born to the mothers with a low serum ferritin content at term (mean 28 μg/l) was significantly lower (p < 0.05) than that for those (mean 324 μg/l) born to the mothers with a normal ferritin concentration (mean 102 μg/l). The difference between the two groups of infants persisted for at least the whole study period of 6 months (mean at 6 months of age 99 μg/l and 150 μg/l, respectively).