Nutritional Sciences

The Korean Nutrition Society (한국영양학회)
권호 표지

The Iron Status of Korean Pregnant Women

  • Published : 2006.08.01
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

We surveyed Korean pregnant women who participated in the Maeil mothers' club and factory tour from March to April, 2004 and assessed volunteers' hemoglobin (Hb) levels. The average Hb level of 747 subjects was $11.5{\pm}1.5g/dl$ and anemic subjects were 268 women, 35.9% of total subjects. The ratio of anemic subjects was 42.9% in the first trimester, 43.6% in the second trimester and 29.1 % in the third trimester. About 87.9% of subjects began to take health foods after conception. Seventy nine percent of subjects took iron supplement as one of health foods and 73.8% of them began it in the second trimester. The results of this study showed that health foods were more effective than iron supplement alone in improving the iron status of Korean pregnant women. Therefore, the better improvement effects are expected when pregnant women begin health food-based approaches as early as possible before pregnancy to improve pre-pregnancy iron reserve.

Keywords

References

  1. Hinzmann R. Iron metabolism, iron deficiency and anaemia. Sysmex J Int 13(2):65-74, 2003
  2. Verster A. Guidelines for the control of iron deficiency in countries of the Eastern, Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa. In: Strategies for Control of Iron-deficiency Anaemia. pp.7-12. October 22-26, Institute for Nutrition and Food Technology, Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1995
  3. World Health Organization. Battling iron deficiency anaemia. Available from: www.who.int/nut/ida.htm Accessed Dec. 20, 2005
  4. Yu KH, Yoon JS. A cross-sectional study of nutrient intakes by gestational age and pregnancy outcome ( I ). Korean J Nutr 32(8):877-886, 1999
  5. Yu KH, Yoon JS. Comparison and evaluation of hematological indices for assessment of iron nutritional status in Korean pregnant women (III). Korean J Nutr 33(5):532-539, 2000
  6. Kim EK, Lee KH. Iron status in pregnant women and their newborn infants. Korean J Nutr 32(7):793-801, 1999
  7. Chung HR, Moon HK, Song BH, Kim MK. Hemoglobin, hematocrit and serum ferritin as markers of iron status. Korean J Nutr 24(5):450-457, 1991
  8. Yu KH, Yoon JS, Hahm YS. A cross-sectional study of biochemical analysis and assessment of iron deficiency by gestational age (II). Korean J Nutr 32(8):887-896, 1999
  9. Korean Health Industry Development Institute. Report on 2001 National Health and Nutrition Survey. Korea, 2002
  10. Beard JL. Effectiveness and strategies of iron supplementation during pregnancy. Am J Clin Nutr 71:1288S-1294S, 2000
  11. Al-Momern AK, Al-Meshari A, Al-Naaim L. Intravenous iron sucrose complex in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy. Eur J Obstet Gyencol Reprad Biol 69:121-124, 1996 https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-2115(95)02538-3
  12. Simmons WK, Cook JD, Bingham KC, Thomas M, Jackson J, Jackson M, Ahluwalia N, Kahn SG, Patterson AW. Evaluation of a gastric delivery system for iron supplementation in pregnancy. Am J Clin Nutr 58:622-626, 1993 https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/58.5.622
  13. Cook JD, Reddy MB. Efficacy of weekly compared with daily iron supplementation. Am J Clin Nutr 62:117-120, 1995 https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/62.1.117
  14. Yu KH, Yoon JS. The effect of weekly iron supplementation on iron and zinc nutritional status in pregnant women. Korean J Nutr 31(8): 1270-1282, 1998
  15. Beaton GH. Iron needs during pregnancy: do we need to rethink our targets- Am J Clin Nutr 72:265S-271S, 2000