Deficiencia de hierro y anemia en mujeres embarazadas en Chaco, Argentina / Iron deficiency and anemia in pregnant women from Chaco, Argentina
Arch. latinoam. nutr
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52(4): 336-343, dic. 2002.
Artículo
en Español
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RESUMEN
Aiming at their prevention, to determine the prevalence of gestational iron deficiency and anemia, considering access to health care and associations with social and biological variables in the Province of el Chaco, Argentina. Three hundred and sixty four, randomly selected pregnant women from the whole province participated. Mean Hemoglobin (Hb) +/- SD dropped progressively from 118.4 +/- 11.0 to 112.1 +/- 11.5 g/L (p = 0.015) between the 1st and the 3rd gestational trimesters. Anemia prevalence (Hb < 110 g/L) was 17.4, 26.5 and 35.8 per cent. From the 1st to the 3rd trimesters. Second trimester prevalence was 14.1 per cent using Hb < 105 g/L as recently suggested. The ferritin geometric mean during the progressive gestational trimesters were 28.9; 16.0 and 11.1 micrograms/L. 21.7, 40.5 and 60.5 per cent had ferritins < 12 micrograms/L, and 39.1, 58.9 and 83.2 per cent had ferritins < 20 micrograms/L in these respective trimesters (p < 0.004 between trimesters in both cases). Both iron deficiency and anemia were significantly greater in women with unfinished primary education and with interpregnancy interval < 1 year. Seventy five percent of women had adequate number of antenatal visits but only 23 per cent were taking iron supplements and 10 per cent had stopped taking them. The prevention and correction of gestational iron deficiency and anemia must focus on the preconceptional period (inter-pregnancy spacing and increasing iron intake using all available means) as well as during pregnancy improving adherence to iron supplements by means of motivation of health workers and community.
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Asunto principal:
Complicaciones Hematológicas del Embarazo
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Anemia Ferropénica
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Hierro
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Adulto
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Embarazo
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Argentina
Idioma:
Español
Revista:
Arch. latinoam. nutr
Asunto de la revista:
Bioqu¡mica
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EducaÆo Alimentar e Nutricional
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Fenmenos Fisiol¢gicos da NutriÆo
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Microbiologia de Alimentos
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NUTRICAO
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Argentina
Institución/País de afiliación:
Ministerio de Salud del Chaco/AR
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