S.M. Ziauddin Hyder|Lars Åke Persson|Mushtaque Chowdhury|Bo Lönnerdal|Eva Charlotte Ekström
Anaemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy in rural Bangladesh
Hospital for Sick Children|University of Toronto|BRAC|Uppsala University|BRAC|University of California, Davis|Uppsala University
study prevalence anaemia association measures iron deficiency id among group pregnant womencrosssectional surveypregnant women identified housetohouse visits participating communitybased antenatal care activities rural location mymensingh bangladeshthe estimates based 214 reportedly healthy pregnant women second trimester information socioeconomic status reproductive history obtained home visits venous blood samples collected antenatal care centres haemoglobin concentration hb measured hemocue serum ferritin sft radioimmunoassay serum transferrin receptor stfr enzymelinked immunosorbent assay methods id defined presence either low sft 12 microg l1 high stfr 85 mg l1the prevalence anaemia hb 110 g l1 50 severe anaemia hb 70 g l1 absent low sft observed 42 high stfr 25 either low sft high tfr 54 low sft high tfr 13 pregnant women two three anaemic women indication id present 80 women moderate hb 7099 g l1 50 mild hb 100109 g l1 anaemia four 10 nonanaemic women hb 110 g l1 also id prevalence significantly lower observed anaemic women p0001despite high prevalence anaemia severe cases absent prevalence id increased lower hb however increased prevalence also found among women highest category hb