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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
This study examined the predictors of haemoglobin (Hb) concentration and serum ferritin (SF) levels in pregnant women in an area of stable malaria transmission and high prevalence of intestinal helminth infections. In total, 834 women attending antenatal care for the first time were examined. Blood slides for malaria parasites were prepared for 802, of which 154 were primigravidae (PG) and 648 were multigravidae (MG). Malaria parasitaemia rate was 42.6% (66) in PG and 33.3% (216) in MG (P=0.04). The geometric mean parasite density was 1695.8 (95% CI 1005.0-2386.5) in PG and 922.7 (95% CI 626.7-1382.6) in MG (P=0.02). Anaemia (Hb<100g/l) was found in 18.0% (94) of aparasitaemic women compared to 28.5% (80) among parasitaemic women (P<0.001). The prevalence of anaemia was 15.1% (42) in women without hookworm infection compared to 23.3% (129) among infected women (P=0.006). Malaria parasitaemia, hookworm infection, C-reactive protein, gravidity and gestational age were associated with Hb status. Malaria parasitaemia, Ascaris lumbricodes and Trichuris trichiura infections and age were associated with SF. Malaria, hookworm infections and iron deficiency were associated with anaemia in the study population.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0035-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
130-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Anemia, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Body Height, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Ferritins, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Gestational Age, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Hemoglobinometry, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Hemoglobins, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Hookworm Infections, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Iron, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Malaria, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Parasite Egg Count, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Parasitemia, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:17996912-Uganda
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Malaria and hookworm infections in relation to haemoglobin and serum ferritin levels in pregnancy in Masindi district, western Uganda.
pubmed:affiliation
Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 1661, Kampala.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't