Maternal Iron Deficiency And/or Iron Deficiency Anemia to Neonatal Hemoglobin Concentration and Iron Stores

Launched by ASSIUT UNIVERSITY · Mar 7, 2025

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Iron deficiency is a common micronutrient deficiency in pregnant women specially in developing countries as increasing demands on maternal iron stores as consequences of expansion of maternal red blood cell mass and the requirement of the developing fetus.

The relationship between maternal iron stores and fetal iron extraction has received considerable attention as iron deficiency places neonates at high risks for cognitive, motor, social-emotional, and neurodevelopmental problem. moreover, requirement of iron is high for rapid growth and differentiation of the fetus and thus a well-balanc...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • All pregnant women and their infant pairs who have given consent to participate.
• • Mothers Age: 21-40 years' old.
• • Term infants (37-42 weeks of gestation) with birth weight ≥2500 g born to mothers who had an uncomplicated normal singleton vaginal delivery or caesarian section delivery was included.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Mothers with a history of antepartum hemorrhage, pre-mature labor pain, high-risk pregnancy (eg. history of trauma and severe infection during pregnancy), severe hyperemesis, pre-eclampsia severe anemia requiring blood transfusion, and any chronic medical illnesses as: gestational diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism, epilepsy, liver disease, renal disease cardiorespiratory disease, immunodeficiency syndrome, and hematological (other causes of anemia)
• • infants who suspected with congenital and/or chromosomal anomalies and pathological jaundice, also multiple pregnancy was excluded from the study.
• • Mothers withdrew from given a written consent will be excluded from the study.

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