ArticlePublic health nutrition2015
The aetiology of anaemia during pregnancy: a study to evaluate the contribution of iron deficiency and common infections in pregnant Ugandan women.
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- The role of iron deficiency and factors associated with anemia during pregnancy in Southeastern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2020.PloS one · 2025Article
- Hepcidin across pregnancy and its correlation with maternal markers of iron and inflammation, maternal body weight outcomes, and offspring neurodevelopmental outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.AJOG global reports · 2023Review
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- Impact of helminthiasis on gestational anemia in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 19,000 women.Le infezioni in medicina · 2022Review
- Anemia in Ugandan pregnant women: a cross-sectional, systematic review and meta-analysis study.Tropical medicine and health · 2021Article
- Association between micronutrients and maternal leukocyte telomere length in early pregnancy in Rwanda.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Anemia and iron deficiency in primigent parturients in a municipality of Brazilian west Amazon.Medicine · 2020Article
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- Malaria Is More Prevalent Than Iron Deficiency among Anemic Pregnant Women at the First Antenatal Visit in Rural South Kivu.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for anemia severity and type in Malawian men and women: urban and rural differences.Population health metrics · 2017Article
- Determinants of prenatal anemia in Ethiopia.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the aetiology of anaemia in pregnant Ugandan women and explore Fe deficiency and common infections as contributors to anaemia in this population.
designCross-sectional study in which Hb, ferritin, transferrin receptor (sTfR), C-reactive protein, α-1 acid glycoprotein, hepcidin, malaria, hookworm infestation, syphilis and Helicobacter pylori infection were assessed.
settingAntenatal care clinic at Kawempe Health Centre, Kampala, Uganda. SUBJECTS: HIV-negative women (n 151) in their first or second pregnancy at 10-16 weeks' gestation.
resultsThe prevalence of anaemia was 29·1 %. Fe deficiency was 40·4 % and 14·6 % based on ferritin 8·3 μg/ml. The prevalence of Fe-deficiency anaemia was 9·3 % based on ferritin 8·3 μg/ml. Hepcidin concentration was positively correlated with ferritin concentration (n 151, r=0·578, P1 g/l and/or C-reactive protein >5 mg/l. Malaria parasitaemia (OR=6·85; 95 % CI 1·25, 37·41, P=0·026) and Fe deficiency defined using sTfR (OR=5·58; 95 % CI 1·26, 24·80, P=0·024) were independently and positively associated with anaemia. Population-attributable risk factors for anaemia for raised C-reactive protein, Fe deficiency defined by sTfR >8·3 μg/ml and presence of malaria parasites were 41·6 (95 % CI 11·1, 72·2) %, 13·5 (95 % CI 2·0, 25·0) % and 12·0 (95 % CI 1·4, 22·6) %, respectively.
conclusionsInfections and inflammation are of greater significance than Fe deficiency in the aetiology of anaemia in pregnant Ugandan women during the first trimester.
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