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These two articles placed together give credence to the .. observation
... children BORN with iron overload .. are PRONE .. to .. having .. ADD
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The first article links ADD to low birthweight and the second article
... iron links to low birthweight ..
The third article is self - explanatory.
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Source: British Medical Journal Released: Thu 01-Jun-2006, 19:00 ET
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Premature Or Low Birthweight Babies at Increased Risk of Hyperactivity
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Premature or low birthweight babies are up to three times as likely to
become hyperactive, with low attention spans.
[Gestational age, birth weight, and the risk of hyperkinetic disorder]
Online First Arch Dis Child 2006; doi.10.1136/adc.2005.099972
Premature or low birthweight babies are up to three times as likely to
become hyperactive, with low attention spans, suggests research
published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Hyperactivity, low attention span, and impulsive behaviour characterise
the syndrome known as hyperkinetic disorder, or HKD for short. It is
one of the most common mental disorders diagnosed among children, say
the authors.
The Danish research team compared the birth records of 834 children
with confirmed HKD with those of 20,100 children with no mental
disorders. All the children were born between 1980 and 1994.
Children born at between 34 and 36 weeks were around 70% more likely to
develop the disorder than children born at term. Babies at born below
34 completed weeks were almost three times as likely to develop the
disorder.
Low birthweight babies born at term were also at risk, the study
showed.
Babies born at term, but weighing 1500 to 2499 g at birth were 90% more
likely to develop HKD, while those weighing between 2500 and 2999 g
were 50% more likely to develop the disorder than babies weighing over
2999 g at birth.
Of the 834 children with confirmed HKD, nine out of 10 were boys. The
age at which the children were diagnosed ranged from 2 to 18 years.
Single parenthood, social and economic deprivation, and young age at
parenthood were all risk factors for HKD, but the results still held
true even after these had been taken into account and the figures
adjusted accordingly.
Click here to view full paper:
http://press.psprings.co.uk/adc/june/ac88872.pdf
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Main Category: Pregnancy News
Article Date: 01 Jun 2006 - 2:00am (PDT)
A new study conducted by researchers at Children's Hospital Oakland
Research Institute (CHORI), in close collaboration with scientists at
the National Institute of Perinatology in Mexico, is the first to show
that the current iron supplement recommendation for pregnant women who
are not anemic is too high and could lead to birth complications for
infants such as premature birth and low birth weight. This new research
conflicts with recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO)
and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). It is hoped that the results
of this study will lead to new recommendations from both organizations.
The study, featured in the May issue of Archives of Medical Research,
suggests that pregnant women who are not anemic should take iron
supplements weekly rather than daily. Women who are anemic have low
levels of healthy red blood cells and need higher doses of iron
supplementation. The study shows that pregnant women who are not anemic
and follow the recommended daily dosage can suffer from iron overload
and are more likely to experience birth complications.
Iron deficiency is common among women of childbearing age.
Consequently, doctors have ordered daily supplements of 60 to 120 mg of
iron to prevent or correct anemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy.
"What happens is that excess iron in pregnancy can drive the hemoglobin
levels above desirable levels, so that by the end of the second
trimester of pregnancy, 27 percent of the non-anemic women in our study
had hemoglobin levels that were undesirably high," said Fernando
Viteri, MD, Scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
(CHORI). "In these women, the risk of delivering premature babies or
newborns with low birth weight quadrupled."
In contrast, only 7 percent of the women on weekly supplements
developed high hemoglobin levels. The reason for the weekly dose - and
in far smaller amounts - is biological and corresponds with the
turnover of the intestinal lining, which renews itself every five to
six days. The fresh cells are programmed to absorb iron according to
the person's iron reserves and needs. The cells absorb more if reserves
are depleted and less if they are adequate. Dr. Viteri's research
concludes that iron supplementation is still beneficial, but must be
regulated based on whether a woman is anemic.
About Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is a designated Level I
pediatric trauma center and the largest pediatric critical care
facility in the region. The hospital has 181 licensed beds and 166
hospital-based physicians in 31 specialties, more than two thousand
five hundred employees, and an operating budget of $287 million. The
hospital's research institute has an annual budget of $41 million with
more than 300 basic and clinic investigators. Children's Hospital
Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) has made significant progress in
areas including pediatric obesity, cancers, sickle cell disease,
AIDS/HIV, hemophilia and cystic fibrosis.
Diana Yee
d...@mail.cho.org
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland
http://www.childrenshospitaloakland.org
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children with ADHD had significantly higher blood iron levels
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J Nutr Biochem. 2004 Aug;15( :467-72. Related Articles, Links
Dietary patterns and blood fatty acid composition in children with
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Taiwan.
Chen JR, Hsu SF, Hsu CD, Hwang LH, Yang SC.
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University,
Taipei
110, Taiwan.
Nutritional factors may be relative to attention-deficit hyperactive
disorder
(ADHD), although the pathogenic mechanism is still unknown. Based on
the work
of others, we hypothesized that children with ADHD have altered dietary
patterns and fatty acid metabolism. Therefore, the aim of this study
was to
evaluate dietary patterns and the blood fatty acid composition in
children with
ADHD in the Taipei area of Taiwan. The present study found that 58
subjects
with ADHD (average age 8.5 years) had significantly higher intakes of
iron and
vitamin C compared to those of 52 control subjects (average age 7.9
years) (P <
0.05). The blood total protein content in subjects with ADHD was
significantly
lower than that in control subjects (P < 0.05). On the other hand,
children
with ADHD had significantly higher blood iron levels compared to the
control
children (P < 0.05). Additionally, plasma gamma-linolenic acid (18:3
n-6) in
children with ADHD was higher than that in control children (P < 0.05).
Concerning the composition of other fatty acids in the phospholipid
isolated
from red blood cell (RBC) membranes, oleic acid (18:1n-9) was
significantly
higher, whereas nervonic acid (24:1n-9), linoleic acid (18:2n-6),
arachidonic
acid (20:4n-6), and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) were significantly
lower in
subjects with ADHD (P < 0.05). Our results suggest that there were no
differences in dietary patterns of these children with ADHD except for
the
intake of iron and vitamin C; however, the fatty acid composition of
phospholipid from RBC membranes in the ADHD children differed from that
of the
normal children.
PMID: 15302081 [PubMed - in process]
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While the logic is forced in this instance, we can still ask the question
about iron status and add:
''Iron deficiency in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder'
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004 Dec;158(12):1113-5.
"CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that low iron stores contribute to
ADHD
and that ADHD children may benefit from iron supplementation."
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babawali@world.com wrote:
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''Iron deficiency in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder'
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004 Dec;158(12):1113-5.
"CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that low iron stores contribute to
ADHD
and that ADHD children may benefit from iron supplementation."
This is a topic to be taken up with one's doctor of course.
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There is no .. iron deficiency ...
Get that .. straight ..
It may .. appear .. to those .. who are stupid .. that there IS .. iron
deficiency ..
But there .. isn't ..
Plenty of iron .. just not being utilized ..
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For correction of anemia, the use of antioxidants (tocopherol acetate,
ascorbic acid) and an antihypoxant (riboxine) yielded better clinical
results than did an iron-containing agent (ferroplex).
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Probl Tuberk. 2002;(2):10-2. Related Articles, Links
[Efficiency treatment of new cases of destructive pulmonary
tuberculosis in the presence of concurrent iron deficiency anemia]
[Article in Russian]
Voloshina VV, Fomicheva NI.
A hundred and twenty nine new cases of destructive pulmonary
tuberculosis were examined. Of them, 95 patients were diagnosed as
having first-degree iron deficiency anemia. Anemia was found to have a
negative impact on the clinical efficiency of therapeutical measures.
For correction of anemia, the use of antioxidants (tocopherol acetate,
ascorbic acid) and an antihypoxant (riboxine) yielded better clinical
results than did an iron-containing agent (ferroplex). These results
were mostly close to those obtained in a group of patients without
anemia.
PMID: 11899794 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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babawali@world.com wrote:
| Quote: | While the logic is forced in this instance, we can still ask the question
about iron status and add:
''Iron deficiency in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder'
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004 Dec;158(12):1113-5.
"CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that low iron stores contribute to
ADHD
and that ADHD children may benefit from iron supplementation."
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FYI, ADHD is the politically corrected name for what used to be called
"Minimal Brain Dysfunction".
Iron was the standard treatment for symptoms of ADHD, back in the 50's
and 60's---when ADHD was called "Minimal Brain Dysfunction".
Anyone wanting to read all the research regarding the treatment of
symptoms of ADHD with Iron, will find some using the former name for
ADHD eg. "Minimal Brain Dysfunction", too. |
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Sue me for posting facts wrote:
| Quote: | babawali@world.com wrote:
While the logic is forced in this instance, we can still ask the question
about iron status and add:
''Iron deficiency in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder'
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004 Dec;158(12):1113-5.
"CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that low iron stores contribute to
ADHD
and that ADHD children may benefit from iron supplementation."
FYI, ADHD is the politically corrected name for what used to be called
"Minimal Brain Dysfunction".
Iron was the standard treatment for symptoms of ADHD, back in the 50's
and 60's---when ADHD was called "Minimal Brain Dysfunction".
Anyone wanting to read all the research regarding the treatment of
symptoms of ADHD with Iron, will find some using the former name for
ADHD eg. "Minimal Brain Dysfunction", too.
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It's true that iron deficiency can be just as much a problem as excess
iron, and children are often more at risk than adults. The WHO says
insufficient iron intake is the number one cause of disease globally,
with more than 2 billion victims. These cases occur in developed
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Perhaps reading the results posted would be of interest, another example
of not understanding what these abstracts say, or reading into them what
one wants to see; iron helped the child. Again I urge medical advice and
not self help in this area:
"The child had low a serum ferritin level (13 ng/mL). After 8 months of
treatment with Tardyferon (ferrous sulfate, 80 mg/day), his serum ferritin
increased to 102 ng/mL. Both parents and teachers reported considerable
behavioral improvement. The Conners' Parent and Teacher Rating Scale raw
total scores decreased to 19 and 13, respectively. This is the first
report
of the effectiveness of iron supplementation in a young child with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder." |
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PeterB wrote:
| Quote: | It's true that iron deficiency can be just as much a problem as excess
iron, and children are often more at risk than adults.
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This .. deficiency .. has been shown to ... cause .. ?
Nadda .. nothing .. 'proven' ..
| Quote: | The WHO says
insufficient iron intake is the number one cause of disease globally,
with more than 2 billion victims.
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I suppose MANY of those are .. now .. dead .. ?
Seeing that they have NOW .. shown .. they have been killing them by
the millions .. WITH .. iron supplementation .. DUE TO .. this
'supposed' .. iron deficiency .. ?
| Quote: | These cases occur in developed
countries, though not as often.
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Yep .. iron deficiency .. in well fed children ..
For .. sure ..
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Sue me for posting facts wrote:
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Iron was the standard treatment for symptoms of ADHD, back in the 50's
and 60's---when ADHD was called "Minimal Brain Dysfunction".
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Seeing the .. "first report of the effectiveness of iron
supplementation in a young child " .. didn't come until last year .. I
wonder what criteria they used to .. justify .. its' use in the ..
1950's .. ?
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This is the first report of the effectiveness of iron supplementation
in a young child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
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Pediatrics. 2005 Nov;116(5):e732-4. Related Articles, Links
Effectiveness of iron supplementation in a young child with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Konofal E, Cortese S, Lecendreux M, Arnulf I, Mouren MC.
Service de Psychopathologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Hopital
Robert Debre, Paris, France. eric.konofal@rdb.ap-hop-paris.fr
A 3-year-old child was referred to consultation for hyperactivity,
attention deficit, impulsivity, and sleep problems. He met Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition criteria for
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. At baseline, the Conners'
Parent Rating Scale and the Conners' Teacher Rating Scale raw total
scores were 30 and 32, respectively. The child had low a serum ferritin
level (13 ng/mL). After 8 months of treatment with Tardyferon (ferrous
sulfate, 80 mg/day), his serum ferritin increased to 102 ng/mL. Both
parents and teachers reported considerable behavioral improvement. The
Conners' Parent and Teacher Rating Scale raw total scores decreased to
19 and 13, respectively. This is the first report of the effectiveness
of iron supplementation in a young child with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Publication Types:
Case Reports
PMID: 16263988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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ironjustice@aol.com wrote:
| Quote: | PeterB wrote:
It's true that iron deficiency can be just as much a problem as excess
iron, and children are often more at risk than adults.
This .. deficiency .. has been shown to ... cause .. ?
Nadda .. nothing .. 'proven' ..
The WHO says
insufficient iron intake is the number one cause of disease globally,
with more than 2 billion victims.
I suppose MANY of those are .. now .. dead .. ?
Seeing that they have NOW .. shown .. they have been killing them by
the millions .. WITH .. iron supplementation .. DUE TO .. this
'supposed' .. iron deficiency .. ?
These cases occur in developed
countries, though not as often.
Yep .. iron deficiency .. in well fed children ..
For .. sure ..
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Iron deficiency is prevelant in the US, UK, Canada, and Europe.
Iron deficiency CAUSES in newborns and children: preterm delivery, low
birth weight, developmental delays, behavioral disturbances, failure to
grow normally, increased infections, lethargy,etc.
In adults and children with severe or chronic iron deficiencies it
causes: esophageal webbing, koilonychia, glosstis, angular stomatitis,
pagophagia, gastric atrophy, spenomegaly, hypoxemia, etc.
It can worsen cardio pulmonary disease, cause hair loss, and, although
death from iron deficiency is rare, chronic, severe, and/or untreated
iron deficiency *CAN CAUSE DEATH*
<snips> from:
www.medicinenet.com/script/art.asp?articlekey=62062
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/ida.html
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Iron deficiency is prevelant in the US, UK, Canada, and Europe.
Iron deficiency CAUSES in newborns and children: preterm delivery, low
birth weight, developmental delays, behavioral disturbances, failure to
grow normally, increased infections, lethargy,etc.
In adults and children with severe or chronic iron deficiencies it
causes: esophageal webbing, koilonychia, glosstis, angular stomatitis,
pagophagia, gastric atrophy, spenomegaly, hypoxemia, etc.
It can worsen cardio pulmonary disease, cause hair loss, and, although
death from iron deficiency is rare, chronic, severe, and/or untreated
iron deficiency *CAN CAUSE DEATH*
snips> from:
www.medicinenet.com/script/art.asp?articlekey=62062
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/ida.html
www.emedicine.com/med/topic1188.htm
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oops... I just re-read my reply... it's supposed to be *hypoxia* not
*hypoxemia*
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Iron deficiency CAUSES in newborns and children: preterm delivery, low
birth weight, developmental delays, behavioral disturbances, failure to
grow normally, increased infections, lethargy,etc.
In adults and children with severe or chronic iron deficiencies it
causes: esophageal webbing, koilonychia, glosstis, angular stomatitis,
pagophagia, gastric atrophy, spenomegaly, hypoxemia, etc.
It can worsen cardio pulmonary disease, cause hair loss, and, although
death from iron deficiency is rare, chronic, severe, and/or untreated
iron deficiency *CAN CAUSE DEATH*
snips> from:
www.medicinenet.com/script/art.asp?articlekey=62062
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/ida.html
www.emedicine.com/med/topic1188.htm
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I suppose the FACT ... that these poor / anemic .. women .. in
underdeveloped countries pop out healthy babies at a rate that ..
STAGGERS .. those that adhere to the zero-population growth .. doesn't
... equate ..
Maybe we SHOULD treat them all .. eh ..
Millions MORE .. dead .. children ..
So .. you can SAY .. what the outcomes .. ARE .. but the FACT is ..
'treating' iron deficiency leads to millions of .. deaths ..
| Quote: | untreated
iron deficiency *CAN CAUSE DEATH*
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I will assume you mean .. SEVERE .. iron deficiency can cause .. death
...
And if you think I'm going to BELIEVE that these people can EVEN ..
diagnose .. iron deficiency .. you're .. wrong ..
I've got millions of deaths.. registered deaths .. YOU .. 'have' ..
how many .. with YOUR 'severe' .. iron deficiency .. ?
Millions .. ?
I don't think so ..
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ironjustice@aol.com wrote:
| Quote: | Sue me for posting facts wrote:
Iron was the standard treatment for symptoms of ADHD, back in the 50's
and 60's---when ADHD was called "Minimal Brain Dysfunction".
Seeing the .. "first report of the effectiveness of iron
supplementation in a young child " .. didn't come until last year .. I
wonder what criteria they used to .. justify .. its' use in the ..
1950's .. ?
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Kiersey lists Aphasia, Asymbolia, Brain Damage, Cerebral
Disrhythmia, Dyslexia, Hyperactivity, Hyperkinesis, Minimal Brain
Damage, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Learning Disability, Organic
Brain Damage, Strauss Syndrome as being a few of the names which ADHD
was called before it was called ADHD.
If you want to know why, once upon a time, Iron was the
popular/standard treatment for what is now called ADHD, then you have
to research Iron/Ferrous et al plus *all* the various names which
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You .. actually .. THINK .. after your statement of .. "iron deficiency
can cause .. DEATH" .. I'm going to take .. anything you say ..
seriously .. ?
Maybe someone .. thinks you know what you are talking about .. but ..
it seems .. you .. don't ..
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You .. actually .. THINK .. after your statement of .. "iron deficiency
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My statement was Iron was the standard treatment of what USED to be
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Sue me for posting facts wrote:
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can cause .. DEATH" ..
Err, I made no such statement.
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Iron deficiency is prevelant in the US, UK, Canada, and Europe.
Iron deficiency CAUSES in newborns and children: preterm delivery, low
birth weight, developmental delays, behavioral disturbances, failure to
grow normally, increased infections, lethargy,etc.
In adults and children with severe or chronic iron deficiencies it
causes: esophageal webbing, koilonychia, glosstis, angular stomatitis,
pagophagia, gastric atrophy, spenomegaly, hypoxemia, etc.
It can worsen cardio pulmonary disease, cause hair loss, and, although
death from iron deficiency is rare, chronic, severe, and/or untreated
iron deficiency *CAN CAUSE DEATH*
<snips> from:
www.medicinenet.com/script/art.asp?articlekey=62062
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/ida.html
www.emedicine.com/med/topic1188.htm
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My statement was Iron was the standard treatment of what USED to be
called ADHD back in the 50's and 60's.
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WHATeverrrrr ..
Iron 'deficiency' is not .. bad ..
It protects a woman during pregnancy ..
They don't get diabetes ..
And children DON'T die by the millions .. of tuberculosis . or was that
... malaria . oh .. yeah .. malaria . they're .. NOT .. killing them by
the millions of tuberculosis ..
Yeah . right ..
Diabetes Care. 2004 Mar;27(3):650-6. Links
Impact of iron deficiency anemia on prevalence of gestational diabetes
mellitus.
Lao TT, Ho LF.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong,
China.
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
OBJECTIVE:-Increased Hb and ferritin have been associated with
gestational
diabetes mellitus (GDM). This study was performed to determine whether
the
prevalence of GDM is influenced by iron deficiency anemia. RESEARCH
DESIGN AND
METHODS-In a retrospective case-control study, 242 women with iron
deficiency
anemia (Hb <10 g/dl with features of iron deficiency) were compared
with 484
nonanemic women matched for year of birth, who were delivered within
the same
24-month period in our hospital, with respect to maternal demographics,
infant
outcome, and the prevalence of GDM diagnosed according to the World
Health
Organization criteria. RESULTS:-There was no difference in the
prepregnancy
weight or BMI, but the anemic group had more multiparas and
significantly lower
gestational weight and BMI increments and prevalence of GDM (odds ratio
[OR]
0.52, 95% CI 0.27-0.97), which was inversely correlated (P = 0.045)
with the
duration of anemia. To determine the independent effect of anemia on
GDM,
multiple logistic regression analysis was performed adjusting for the
effects
of multiparity and BMI, and anemia was confirmed to be significantly
associated
with decreased prevalence of GDM (adjusted OR 0.46, 95% CI 0.23-0.90).
CONCLUSIONS:-The prevalence of GDM is reduced in iron deficiency
anemia, which
probably served as a surrogate for other factors such as nutritional
inadequacy
and reduced gestational weight gain. Further studies on the
relationship
between nutritional improvement and the increasing prevalence of GDM in
the
developing world are warranted.
PMID: 14988280 [PubMed - in process]
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