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01.03.2014 | Clinical Brief
Iron Stores in Low and Normal Birth Weight Infants at Birth and in Early Infancy
verfasst von:
Ramesh Agarwal, Deenanath Virmani, Munnalal Jaipal, Shuchita Gupta, Mari Jeeva Sankar, Sunita Bhatia, Anand Agarwal, Veena Devgan, Nandita Gupta, Ashok K. Deorari, Vinod K. Paul, Investigators of LBW Micronutrient Study Group
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Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 3/2014
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Abstract
Serum ferritin levels of low birth weight (LBW; BW < 2,500 g) and normal birth weight (NBW; BW ≥ 2,500 g) infants were evaluated at birth and at 3 mo using electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. At birth, levels were 318.6 (31.0–829.5) ng/mL in LBW (n = 217) and 366.2 (122.4–858.5) ng/mL in NBW infants (n = 116; p < 0.01), with 1.4 % of LBW and none of the NBW infants having levels <12 ng/mL (p = 0.20). At follow up, levels were 66.9 (4.5–567.7) ng/mL in LBW (n = 126) and 126.2 (6.8–553.7) ng/mL in NBW infants (n = 76; p = 0.27), with 11.9 % of LBW and 11.8 % of NBW infants having levels <12 ng/mL (p = 0.80).