1Resident (Biochemistry), Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, India
2Resident (Pharmacology), Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, India
3Professor and Head (Biochemistry) Department of Biochemistry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, India
4Professor (Biochemistry), Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, India
Online published on 15 June, 2019.
India has the largest burden of anemia in the world with higher prevalence in females. The aim of our study was to compare the levels of serum Iron, TIBC, Ferritin, Vitamin B12 and Folic acid in pregnant and non-pregnant women. A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted on females (both pregnant and non-pregnant) attending the OPD of Gynecology and Obstetrics of SMIH for a period of 6 months from January 2018 to June 2018. 72 pregnant females and 54 non-pregnant females in the age group 20–40 years were selected randomly for the study. Fasting venous blood samples were collected from all the 126 subjects (72 pregnant and 54 non-pregnant) and analyzed for serum Iron, serum Ferritin, TIBC, Vitamin B12 and folic acid on a fully automated analyzer 5600 of Orthoclinical Diagnostics. Serum iron, Ferritin, Vitamin B12 and Folic acid levels were found to be statistically lower while TIBC levels were found to be statistically higher in pregnant females as compared to the values in nonpregnant females.
Pregnancy, Folic acid, Vitamin B12 and Iron Profile
