Iron and Folate Status before Pregnancy and Anemia during Pregnancy

Background: A lack of information about the role that iron and folate stores (erythrocyte folate) play on the anemia incidence in pregnant women. Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of ferritin and erythrocyte folate before pregnancy in relationship to the incidence of anemia throughout preg...

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Published in:Annals of nutrition and metabolism 2003, Vol.47 (2), p.60-63
Main Authors: Casanueva, Esther, Pfeffer, Frania, Drijanski, Alejandra, Fernández-Gaxiola, Ana Cecilia, Gutiérrez-Valenzuela, Verónica, Rothenberg, Stephen J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anemia
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - blood
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Erythrocytes
Erythrocytes - chemistry
Female
Ferritins - blood
Ferritins - deficiency
Folic Acid - blood
Folic Acid Deficiency - blood
Folic Acid Deficiency - epidemiology
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Hemoglobin
Humans
Iron
Iron - blood
Medical sciences
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Original Paper
Predictive Value of Tests
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic - blood
Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic - epidemiology
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Vitamin B
Womens health
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Summary:Background: A lack of information about the role that iron and folate stores (erythrocyte folate) play on the anemia incidence in pregnant women. Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of ferritin and erythrocyte folate before pregnancy in relationship to the incidence of anemia throughout pregnancy. Methods: Thirty-five non-anemic non-pregnant women were evaluated 1 or 2 months before the pregnancy. After becoming pregnant they were evaluated every 4 weeks starting in the 8th week of pregnancy until 1 month post-partum. Every evaluation included determination of hemoglobin, ferritin and erythrocyte folate. Results: When the women started gestation with an insufficient iron store (
ISSN:0250-6807
1421-9697
DOI:10.1159/000069276