Iron status of pregnant Filipino women as measured by serum ferritin

• Published in: Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 691 - 697
• Main Authors: PERLAS, L. A, KUIZON, M. D, TAJAON, R. T, DESNACIDO, J. A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangkok Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network 01.12.1992
• Subjects: Adult; Anemia, Hypochromic - diagnosis; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Endocrinopathies; Erythrocyte Indices; Female; Ferritins - blood; Hemoglobins - analysis; Humans; Hypothalamus. Hypophysis. Epiphysis (diseases); Iron - analysis; Iron - blood; Medical sciences; Philippines; Pregnancy - blood; Pregnancy Complications - diagnosis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Transferrin - analysis; Tropical medicine; Asia; Philippine Islands; Philippines; Pregnancy; Human; Iron deficiency anemia; Ferritin; Hemoglobin; Female; Iron; Blood cell count

Iron status of pregnant women at different stages of pregnancy was evaluated by comparing values for hemoglobin (Hb), red cell indices, serum iron (SI), transferrin saturation (TS) and serum ferritin (SF) values with those of a group of non-pregnant women of comparable age and socio-economic status....