scholarly journals Association between Serum Ferritin and Iron Parameters with Preeclampsia and its Association with Perinatal Outcome

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 64-69
Author(s):  
Lipika Ghosh ◽  
Rowshan Afrooz ◽  
Saleha Begum Chowdhury ◽  
Osman Gani ◽  
Rokhshana Khatun

Background & objective: To see the relationship between preeclampsia and iron parameters (serum iron, serum ferritin and total iron binding capacity). Methods: The present case-control study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Dhaka in collaboration with the Department of Biochemistry, BSMMU, Dhaka over a period of 1 year from July 2012 to June 2013 Pregnant women with preeclampsia admitted in the above-mentioned hospital were considered as case, while the pregnant women without preeclampsia were included as control. A total of 60 women-31 cases and 29 controls were purposively included in the study. The exposure variables were serum ferritin, serum iron and total iron binding capacity (TIBC), while the outcome variable was preeclampsia. The serum iron level > 100 μg/L was considered as hyperferritenemia. Result: Nearly two-thirds of the women were in their 2nd decades of life belonged to lower socioeconomic class. The body mass index was also fairly comparable between the groups with most women having normal BMI. No significant difference was observed between the groups with respect to obstetric variables as well. Level of haemoglobin and hematocrit were also identically distributed between groups. The result showed that a significantly higher proportion (35.5%) preeclamptic women had elevated serum ferritin (> 100 μg/L) as opposed to 10.3% of the control group (p = 0.021). The risk of developing raised serum ferritin in women with preeclampsia was estimated to be 4-fold (95% CI =1.2 – 19.4) higher than that in the normal pregnant women. Analyses also revealed that women with severe preeclampsia had a higher mean serum ferritin (207.3 ± 44.1 ng/ml) than the women with mild preeclampsia (41.7 ± 2.7) and an even higher level compared with the normal pregnant women (21.7 ± 1.4 μg/ml) (p = 0.001). Similar result was observed in serum iron with greater the severity, higher is the level of serum iron (p = 0.067). Conversely, the serum total iron binding capacity (TIBC) was decreased with severity of preeclampsia (p = 0.058). Conclusion: The study concluded that women with preeclamsia might be associated with higher serum ferritin, higher serum iron and lower serum TIBC although it is not known whether the rise in serum ferritin and serum iron precedes or contributes to the clinical manifestations of preeclampsia. Ibrahim Card Med J 2017; 7 (1&2): 64-69

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Peter ◽  
S Wang

Abstract Ferritin values for 250 selected sera were compared with values for iron, total iron-binding capacity (TIBC), and transferrin saturation, to assess the potential of the ferritin assay for the detection of latent iron deficiency. The specimens were grouped (50 in each group) according to their values for iron and TIBC. In Group 1 (low iron, high TIBC) the saturation and ferritin values both indicated iron deficiency in all but one. In the 100 specimens of Groups 2 (normal iron, high TIBC) and 4 (normal iron, high normal TIBC), the saturation values revealed 16 iron-deficient cases, the ferritin test 55. For Groups 3 (low iron, normal TIBC) and 5 (low iron, low TIBC), the ferritin test revealed fewer cases of iron deficiency than did the saturation values (37 cases vs 51 cases, in the 100 specimens). Evidently the ferritin test detects iron deficiency in many cases for whom the serum iron and TIBC tests are not positively indicative. The correlation of serum ferritin with iron, TIBC, and transferrin saturation in the five groups was good only in the case of specimens for which the TIBC was normal; if it was abnormal the correlation was very poor.


1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
V A Pilon ◽  
P J Howanitz ◽  
J H Howanitz ◽  
N Domres

Abstract We report our observations on day-to-day variation in serum ferritin, serum iron, total iron-binding capacity, and percent saturation of binding proteins with iron in 13 ostensibly healthy subjects during five weeks. The average intrasubject coefficients of variation were 14.5, 28.5, 4.8, and 28.0%, respectively. Precision studies on control samples showed greater within-assay and between-assay analytical variation for serum ferritin than for serum iron or total iron-binding capacity. Evidently, serum ferritin varies less in a given individual from day to day than do serum iron and percent iron saturation. Thus, a single measurement of serum ferritin may be a more reliable index of iron stores than an isolated determination of either serum iron or percent iron saturation.


2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabnam Omidvar ◽  
Majid Sharbatdaran ◽  
KarimollahHajian Tilaki ◽  
Mahdi Pouramir ◽  
FatemehNasiri Amiri ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Yuanqing Yang ◽  
Rong Wang ◽  
Hongmin Jiang ◽  
Min Hu ◽  
Aiguo Tang ◽  
...  

Background Abnormalities of iron metabolism in pregnancy pose risks for maternal and fetal health. Robust reference intervals for iron metabolism indices have not been established in a pregnant Chinese population. The purpose of this study was to derive reference intervals for indices of iron metabolism during pregnancy in a Chinese population. Methods A total of 360 healthy pregnant women were recruited and divided into three groups of 120 by gestational age: first trimester (1–13 weeks), second trimester (14–27 weeks) and third trimester (≥28 weeks). An additional 120 healthy non-pregnant women were recruited as the non-pregnant control group. Serum ferritin was measured by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. Serum iron and total iron-binding capacity were measured by a direct bathophenanthroline method. Transferrin saturation value was calculated with formula TS = SI/TIBC. The reference intervals were established using a non-parametric method. Results In first and second trimesters (combined), the reference intervals for serum ferritin, serum iron, total iron-binding capacity and transferrin saturation are 14.7–184.3 mg/L, 14.50–33.45 µmol/L, 36.53–68.81 µmol/L and 19.04–64.76%, respectively. In the third trimester, the reference intervals for serum ferritin, serum iron, total iron-binding capacity and transferrin saturation are 7.2–122.2 mg/L, 5.83–21.52 µmol/L, 49.40–122.76 µmol/L and 8.22–52.75%, respectively. Conclusion The reference intervals for iron metabolism indices for healthy pregnant Chinese women were established in accordance with CLSI C28-A3 guidelines. This will be a valuable tool for clinical practice and research.


1984 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 597-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Smith ◽  
K. Moore ◽  
D. Boyington ◽  
D. S. Pollmann ◽  
D. Schoneweis

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