Markers of iron status are associated with stage of pregnancy and acute-phase response, but not with parity among pregnant women in Guinea-Bissau

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1072-1079

  Kæstel, Pernille ^a,b   Aaby, Peter ^b,c   Ritz, Christian ^a   Friis, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute phase responses; Anaemia; Ferritin; Guinea Bissau; Iron status; Pregnancy; Transferrin receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IRON; IRON INTAKE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944274595     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515001993     Document Type: Article

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