رابطه سطح آهن خون نوزادان با زنان باردار دچار فقر آهن در شهر تهران

Relation of Newbornsʹ blood iron level with the pregnant women with iron deficiency in Tehran

Iron deficiency affects some portion of the global population, as most widespread nutrient deficiency. The early stage of iron deficiency can be recognized by abnormalities in serum ferritin (SF), zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP), and some other related blood factors. The more advanced stage of iron deficiency, iron deficiency anemia (IDA), occurs when anemia develops. Iron-deficiency anemia in pregnant women continues to remain a major preventable cause of unfavorable prenatal outcome, even increasing the mortality. Difficulties in determination of serum iron level concentration in both pregnant women and newborns causes makes the investigations to be further complicated. Under a cross-sectional study a sample test is carried out for pregnant women and newborns. Pregnant are studied in three categories of Iron depletion anemia, Iron deficiency erythropoiesis and Iron deficiency anemia. There are no significant statistical differences between maternal age and weeks of gestation and also the mean birth weight. Except for SF and ZPP, increase of other serum factors cause the similar behavior in newbornʹs blood factors level, although no significant statistical differences are seen (p<0.05). It is generally assumed that the iron status of the fetus, and subsequently the infants, are quite independent of maternal iron status during pregnancy.