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Iron status in mid-pregnancy and associations with interpregnancy interval

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    Identifier:  imarina:9156122
    Authors:  Caspersen, Ida Henriette; Iglesias-Vazquez, Lucia; Abel, Marianne Hope; Brantsaeter, Anne Lise; Arija, Victoria; Erlund, Iris; Meltzer, Helle Margrete
    Abstract:
    © The Authors 2021. Adequate iron supply in pregnancy is important for both the woman and the foetus, but iron status is often assessed late in first trimester, if assessed at all. Therefore, identification of factors associated with iron status is important to target vulnerable groups with increased risk of deficiency. Our objectives were to 1) describe iron status in mid-pregnancy and 2) identify sociodemographic and lifestyle predictors of pregnancy iron status. This cross-sectional study uses data from The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa, collected 2002-2008) and The Medical Birth Registry of Norway. Iron status was measured as non-fasting plasma ferritin (P-Fe) and transferrin in gestational week 18 (n=2990), and by lowest reported haemoglobin (Hb) in gestational weeks 0-30 (n=39,322). We explored predictors of iron status with elastic net, linear and log-binomial regression models. Median P-Fe was 33 μg/L and 14 % had depleted iron stores (P-Fe <15 μg/L). P-Fe below 30 μg/L was associated with reduced Hb. We identified eleven predictors, with interpregnancy interval (IPI) and parity among the most important. Depleted iron stores was more common among women with IPI <6 months (56%) and 6-11 months (33%) than among those with IPI 24-59 months (19%) and among nulliparous women (5%). Positively associated factors with iron status included hormonal contraceptives, age, BMI, smoking, meat consumption, and multi-supplement use. Our results highlight the importance of ferritin measurements in women of childbearing age, especially among women not using hormonal contraceptives and women with previous and recent childbirths.
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    Link to the original source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/abs/iron-status-in-midpregnancy-and-associations-with-interpregnancy-interval-hormonal-contraceptives-dietary-factors-and-supplement-use/9D4081D89F8EF05794FEA8C3E30AA2AF
    APA: Caspersen, Ida Henriette; Iglesias-Vazquez, Lucia; Abel, Marianne Hope; Brantsaeter, Anne Lise; Arija, Victoria; Erlund, Iris; Meltzer, Helle Margrete (2021). Iron status in mid-pregnancy and associations with interpregnancy interval, hormonal contraceptives, dietary factors and supplement use. British Journal Of Nutrition, 126(8), 1-11. DOI: 10.1017/S0007114521000295
    Paper original source: British Journal Of Nutrition. 126 (8): 1-11
    Article's DOI: 10.1017/S0007114521000295
    Journal publication year: 2021
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Record's date: 2025-02-19
    URV's Author/s: Arija Val, Maria Victoria / Iglesias Vazquez, Lucia
    Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
    Author, as appears in the article.: Caspersen, Ida Henriette; Iglesias-Vazquez, Lucia; Abel, Marianne Hope; Brantsaeter, Anne Lise; Arija, Victoria; Erlund, Iris; Meltzer, Helle Margrete
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros, Saúde coletiva, Química, Odontología, Nutrition and dietetics, Nutrition & dietetics, Nutrição, Medicine (miscellaneous), Medicina veterinaria, Medicina iii, Medicina ii, Medicina i, Matemática / probabilidade e estatística, Interdisciplinar, General medicine, Farmacia, Engenharias iv, Engenharias ii, Educação física, Ciências biológicas iii, Ciências biológicas ii, Ciências biológicas i, Ciências ambientais, Ciências agrárias i, Ciência de alimentos, Biotecnología, Biodiversidade, Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
    Author's mail: lucia.iglesias@urv.cat, lucia.iglesias@urv.cat, lucia.iglesias@urv.cat, victoria.arija@urv.cat
  • Keywords:

    Transferrin
    Pregnancy
    Parity
    Norway
    Keywords:
    Iron
    dietary
    Iron deficiency
    Interpregnancy interval
    Humans
    Ferritins
    Ferritin
    Female
    Dietary supplements
    Cross-sectional studies
    Contraceptive agents
    Cohort studies
    Birth intervals
    Anemia
    iron-deficiency
    Medicine (Miscellaneous)
    Nutrition & Dietetics
    Nutrition and Dietetics
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Odontología
    Nutrição
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Interdisciplinar
    General medicine
    Farmacia
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias ii
    Educação física
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciência de alimentos
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Administração pública e de empresas
    ciências contábeis e turismo
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