Relationship between Maternal Obesity and Maternal and Neonatal Iron Status | ||||
| Benha Medical Journal | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 40, Issue 1, May and June 2023, Page 68-79 PDF (669.03 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/bmfj.2022.166666.1681 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Omima mohamed Abdel Haie1; Osama Abu El fotoh Elfiky2; Amira Gamal Abdel Aziz Mohamed  3; Hend Mamdoh Sayed Abdel-Satar4; Mohamed Abdel-Maboud El-Gazzar5
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| 1Assistant Professor of Pediatrics- Faculty of Medicine - Benha University | ||||
| 2Professor of Pediatrics- Faculty of Medicine - Benha University | ||||
| 3Department of Pediatrics,Faculty of Medicine - Benha University | ||||
| 4MD of Clinical Pathology- Agouza Police Hospital | ||||
| 5Lecturer of Obstetrices and Gynecology- Faculty of Medicine - Benha University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Maternal iron condition influences the iron status of neonates since iron transferred from the mother is the only source for fetal iron. The aim of this study was to examine the association of obesity with inflammatory markers (CRP) and iron status in both mother and infant. Methods: This comparative cross sectional study was conducted on 100 pregnant women and their neonate from the attendance of Agouza police Hospital and Benha University Hospitals. Results: Our results shows that there was no statistically significant difference found between obese and non obese pregnant women regarding neonatal HB, TLC, Platelet , Serum iron in cord, TIBC in cord and CRP in cord. There was a negative impact of maternal BMI on neonatal iron status. The maternal obesity was inversely associated with cord ferritin concentrations, poorer iron status determined by cord ferritin were evident in the neonates of obese women, compared with those born to normal weight women. Maternal CRP ,maternal hepcidin and maternal serum transferrin receptor were greater in obese compared with normal weight pregnant women. Conclusion: There is a negative impact of maternal BMI on neonatal iron status. The maternal obesity was inversely associated with cord ferritin concentrations, poorer iron status determined by cord ferritin were evident in the neonates of obese women, compared with those born to normal weight women. The concentrations of CRP was greater in obese compared with normal weight pregnant women. Serum hepcidin was elevated in obese pregnant women compared with the normal weight women in this study. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Maternal Obesity; Maternal Iron Status; Neonatal Iron Status | ||||
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