Iron Stores in Low and Normal Birth Weight Infants at Birth and in Early Infancy |
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Authors: | 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 |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 4. Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Newborn Health Knowledge Centre (NHKC), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India 3. Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Hospital, New Delhi, India 2. Department of Pediatrics, Swami Dayanand Hospital, New Delhi, India
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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). |
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