| Relationship between iron status in pregnant women and their newborn babies. Investigation in a Spanish population. | |
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PMID: 8213099 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We studied 157 pregnant women living in Merida, Spain, during their third trimester of pregnancy and their newborns at birth, analyzing the mother's and the umbilical cord's blood for hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), serum iron and serum ferritin. We observed statistically correlations between hemoglobin and hematocrit values of the mother with erythrocyte count, hemoglobin and hematocrit values of her child and between serum iron of mother and child. The blood levels in the umbilical cord did not decrease until the ferritin value of the mother was < 12 micrograms/l. Under these conditions the ferritin levels in the umbilical cord blood (80.4 micrograms/l) were significantly lower than in those newborn infants whose mother had adequate ferritin levels (123 micrograms/l). We deduce that maternal iron status seems to condition, at least partially, fetal iron status, specially when the mother has some deficiencies. We did not find a lower birth weight in children of anemic mothers. Actually, we found an inverse correlation between maternal hemoglobin values and infant birth weight (r = -0.1731, p < 0.05). It is possible that the demands on the mother are increased in the case of a newborn infant of greater size. |
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Authors:
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M J Gaspar; R M Ortega; O Moreiras |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Volume: 72 ISSN: 0001-6349 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Publication Date: 1993 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1993-11-23 Completed Date: 1993-11-23 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370343 Medline TA: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Country: DENMARK |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 534-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Clinical Chemistry, Hospital del INSALUD, Guadalajara, Spain. |
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Adult Erythrocytes / chemistry Female Ferritins / blood Fetal Blood / chemistry Hematocrit Hemoglobins / analysis Humans Infant, Newborn / blood* Iron / blood* Pregnancy Pregnancy Trimester, Third / blood* Spain |
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0/Hemoglobins; 7439-89-6/Iron; 9007-73-2/Ferritins |
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