title: [Role of iron deficiency in anemia in pregnant women in Mali].
abstract: The epidemiological characteristics of iron deficiency anemia after radioimmunoassay of serum and erythrocyte ferritin were evaluated in 209 Malian women at the time of delivery in a maternity unit in Bamako, Mali. The incidence of iron deficiency anemia was high (36.8%). This incidence did not reflect socio-economic status, nor even any particular obstetric history, but was significantly higher in younger mothers (aged under 26). The severity of anemia was such that 2.4% of women would require a blood transfusion post-partum. It looks therefore desirable, in Mali, to screen routinely and to ensure the prevention of iron deficiency in adolescent girls and to include, in the prevention of anemia of pregnant women, routine iron supplements from the beginning of pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Hématologie de l'Ecole nationale de médecine et de pharmacie du Mali, Bamako.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tchernia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yvart
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sidibé
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kodio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diakité
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Place de la carence martiale dans l'anémie de la femme enceinte au Mali.