Prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia three months after delivery in the Iranian women

authors:

avatar Nahid Rahbar , avatar Raheb Ghorbani ORCID , *

Koomesh: Vol.16, issue 4; 574-580
published online: September 28, 2015
article type: Research Article
received: September 02, 2014
accepted: April 01, 2015

how to cite: Rahbar N, Ghorbani R. Prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia three months after delivery in the Iranian women. koomesh. 2015;16(4):e151242. 

Abstract

  Introduction: Anemia is considered to be one of the major public health problems, due to its effects on quality of life. Women at reproductive ages are among the risk groups who develop this condition. In postpartum, in opposite to the pregnancy, women have the lowest risk for iron deficiency. However, the observed prevalence of anemia in postpartum is higher than expected. Determining the prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and postpartum iron deficiency anemia can help identifying the public health situation and adequacy of health care services.   Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 207 women (Semnan, Iran) within 90 ± 20 days of postpartum were assessed. The hemoglobin (Hb< 12 gr/dl) indicated as anemia and serum ferritin (< 20 µg/l) as iron deficiency, while both of the two markers combined with other hematology indices such as MCHC