Impact of anaemia prophylaxis in pregnancy on maternal haemoglobin, serum ferritin & birth weight.

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dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, K Nen_US
dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, D Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorMishra, K Pen_US
dc.date.accessioned1991-08-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T08:40:06Z
dc.date.available1991-08-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T08:40:06Z
dc.date.issued1991-08-01en_US
dc.description.abstractA total of 418 pregnant women at 16-24 wk of gestation, from six subcentres of a rural block of Varanasi district were selected. Pregnant women (137 of 215) from 3 subcentres received the supplementation of 60 mg elemental iron as ferrous sulphate combined with 500 micrograms folic acid, daily for 100 days (study group) and 123 (of 203) pregnant women from the other 3 subcentres without supplementation (control group) could be evaluated for their pregnancy outcome. The haemoglobin and serum ferritin levels increased significantly in the study group. In the latter, the mean birth weight was 2.88 +/- 0.41 kg with low birth weight incidence of 20.4 per cent as compared to the control figures of 2.59 +/- 0.34 kg and 37.9 per cent respectively. The incidence of low birth weight was further reduced to 12.1 per cent if the supplementation could be started by 16-19 wk of gestation.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Paediatrics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAgarwal KN, Agarwal DK, Mishra KP. Impact of anaemia prophylaxis in pregnancy on maternal haemoglobin, serum ferritin & birth weight. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 1991 Aug; 94(): 277-80en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/25238
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/ijmr.htmen_US
dc.subject.meshAnemia --prevention & controlen_US
dc.subject.meshBirth Weight --drug effectsen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshFerritins --blooden_US
dc.subject.meshHemoglobins --analysisen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIron --pharmacologyen_US
dc.subject.meshPregnancy --blooden_US
dc.subject.meshPregnancy Complications, Hematologic --prevention & controlen_US
dc.titleImpact of anaemia prophylaxis in pregnancy on maternal haemoglobin, serum ferritin & birth weight.en_US
dc.typeClinical Trialen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeRandomized Controlled Trialen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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