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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2022

Maternal diabetes and the role of neonatal reticulocyte hemoglobin content as a biomarker of iron status in the perinatal period.

Evgeniya Babacheva, Dimitrios Rallis, Helen Christou, George Mitsiakos, Themistoklis Mikos, Kalliopi Dampala, Christos Tsakalidis, Anna Kioumi, Dimitrios G Goulis, Vasiliki Soubasi

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Evgeniya BabachevaSecond Department of Neonatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios RallisSecond Department of Neonatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Helen ChristouBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
George MitsiakosSecond Department of Neonatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Themistoklis MikosUnit of Reproductive Endocrinology, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Kalliopi DampalaUnit of Reproductive Endocrinology, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Christos TsakalidisSecond Department of Neonatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Anna KioumiDepartment of Hematology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios G GoulisUnit of Reproductive Endocrinology, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vasiliki SoubasiSecond Department of Neonatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

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Abstract

Aims: We aimed to evaluate the effects of maternal diabetes on neonatal iron status, measuring erythrocyte indices including hemoglobin, hematocrit, reticulocytes, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), percent (%) hypochromia, ferritin, and additionally mean reticulocyte hemoglobin content (MCHr) as an early marker of iron deficiency, and examine the association between neonatal MCHr, red cell indices, and ferritin. Materials and Methods: We conducted a hospital-based prospective cohort study in a tertiary neonatal unit of a University Hospital from 2018 to 2020. We enrolled 126 maternal-infant pairs of mothers whose pregnancy was associated with diabetes and 74 maternal-infant pairs from uncomplicated pregnancies. Erythrocyte indices were analyzed within the first twelve hours after birth. Erythrocyte parameters were compared between infants of the diabetes and the non-diabetic group. We examined the correlation of the neonatal MCHr with perinatal characteristics, including gestation, birth weight, maternal body mass index, the erythrocytic indices, maternal diabetes, maternal obesity, prematurity, small-for-gestational-age status, maternal preeclampsia, and maternal anemia. Finally, we evaluated the discordance between neonatal MCHr and neonatal ferritin. Results: Infants of the diabetes group had a significantly lower MCHr (32.6 pg vs. 34.2 pg, p=0.003) compared with infants of uncomplicated pregnancies. Neonatal MCHr was significantly correlated with maternal hypochromia (r=-0.237, p=0.004) and neonatal MCV (r=0.674, p<0.001). Neonatal MCHr was significantly associated with maternal diabetes [standardized coefficients 0.21, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.05-0.58, p=0.003) and maternal preeclampsia (standardized coefficients 0.17, 95% CI 0.02-0.92, p=0.019), after adjusting for maternal anemia, maternal obesity, prematurity, and small-for-gestational-age status. Those results were consistent also when analyzing maternal-infant pairs with pre-existing diabetes, and maternal-infant pairs with gestational diabetes. There was significant discordance between neonatal MCHr and neonatal ferritin (p=0.001). Conclusions: MCHr was significantly lower in infants of mothers whose pregnancy was associated with diabetes compared with infants of non-diabetic mothers and correlated with neonatal and maternal red cell indices of iron deficiency. Since there was significant discordance between neonatal MCHr and ferritin during the first postnatal day, it is possible that MCHr could be used as a screening test for iron deficiency, especially in infants.

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Diabetes, GestationalIron DeficienciesPre-EclampsiaPregnancy in ObesityBiomarkersFemaleFerritinsHemoglobinsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIronPregnancyProspective StudiesReticulocytesBiomarkersFerritinsHemoglobinsIronanemiagestational diabeteshypochromiairon deficiencyreticulocytes

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