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Folic acid Deficiency and risk of Prematurity | ||
| KUFA MEDICAL JOURNAL | ||
| Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-70 | ||
| Author | ||
| Alaa Mohammad Sadiq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The objective of this study was to determine the association between folic acid deficiency and prematurity and it's magnitude in women in their third trimester of pregnancy the study was done at Gynecology & Obestetric department, Al_Zahra'a teaching hospital ,Al_Najaf, Iraq. sixty women were randomly selected and sub grouped in to 1st group preterm delivery(<37week of gestation at delivery) were defined as study group (n=30), while 2nd group defined as term pregnancy (between 37 _42/52) weeks of gestation as a control group, (n=30). The study shows that women in preterm labor (56.6%) have Hb concentration between 10.9_8 gm/dl while 40% in term pregnancy have the same Hb &most women in term pregnancy (53.3%) have Hb concentration >or=11gm/dl. Also the study showd significant differences between s. folate in two the groups (p<0.01) &mean s. folate in preterm group 16.6± 1.2 nmol/l while in control group mean s.folate 22.1±1.4nmol. According with these results, there is a risk of prematurity in pregnant women with folic acid deficiency, therefore,the consumption of this micronutrient during the pregnancy is important to reduce complication of prematurity. | ||
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