Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional problems in the world, It is frequently found in both developed and developing countries and mainly affects women of childbearing age. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women on neonatal weight. The study subjects were a group of 241 women aged between 20 and 34 years who wer...

OBJECTIVE Anemia is a common hematological disorder characterized by reduced hemoglobin concentrations. Despite information on prevalence and associated outcomes, little is known about the impact of anemia on health care utilization and costs. This study examines anemia prevalence and associated medical costs and utilization, using administrative claims for adults newly diagnosed with anemia, i...

From the Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Surgery of the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. Manuscript accepted April 3, 1974. Address for reprints: John T. Santinga, MD, Department of Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104. This paper is addressed to two questions: (1) Is there evidence for Increasing hemolysis in patients with a ...

BACKGROUND Recent studies in humans suggest that ferritin iron in soybeans has high bioavailability. However, direct evidence for this is lacking because the soybeans were intrinsically labeled; thus, iron bound to other ligands, such as phytate, was also labeled. OBJECTIVE The objectives of the study were to evaluate the absorption of iron from extrinsically labeled, purified ferritin (horse...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the high prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriage in our population can explain the previous observation of an association between increased maternal serum ferritin concentration and gestational diabetes in Hong Kong Chinese women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A retrospective study was performed on 767 nonanemic women with singleton pregnancy wh...

This study had two primary objectives: 1) to derive a method to determine hemoglobin cutoffs that could be used to better estimate the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy at high altitudes and 2) to estimate the prevalence of anemia in a sample of pregnant women residing in two cities in Bolivia, La Paz (3,600 meters) and El Alto (4,000 meters). We derived a hemoglobin-altitude cu...

Our objective was to investigate the effects of iron depletion on adaptation to aerobic exercise, assessed by time to complete a 15-km cycle ergometer test. Forty-two iron-depleted (serum ferritin <16 microg/l), nonanemic (Hb >12 g/dl) women (18-33 yr old) received 100 mg of ferrous sulfate (S) or placebo (P) per day for 6 wk in a randomized, double-blind trial. Subjects trained for 30 min/day,...

This study compared social looking and response to novelty in preschool-aged children (47–68 mo) with or without iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Iron status of the participants from a low-income community in New Delhi, India, was based on venous hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, and red cell distribution width. Children’s social looking toward adults, affect, and wary or hesitant behavior in r...