title: [Evaluation of iron status in women with pregnancy complicated by tobacco smoking].
abstract: Relatively common iron deficiency in pregnant women is assumed to be enhanced by cigarette smoking. In the presented studies we determined cotinine in serum and urine of 75 pregnant women in order to select groups of smoking women and tobacco abstinence. In the smoking group, a mean concentration of cotinine 1039 +/- 560 mg/L in serum and 1025 +/- 540 mg/L in urine were observed. For assessment of iron status we determined in serum: iron, iron-binding capacity (TIBC), transferrin, transferrin saturation, soluble transferrin receptor and ferritin. In serum of smoking woman in comparison to non smoking, the level of ferritin and transferrin was higher but non significantly. Significant increase of TIBC (p < 0.05) and decrease of transferrin saturation (p < 0.05) was observed. Therefore iron deficiency in transport compartment can not be excluded. The concentration of soluble transferrin receptor was the same in both groups studied. However, in late pregnancy (above 27 week of gestation) ferritin concentration less than 20 mg/L of serum was observed in 70% of smoking and only in 39% of non smoking women (p < 0.05). We concluded that cigarette smoking during pregnancy did not have any effect on the entry of iron-bearing transferrin to cells mediated by soluble transferrin receptor, but affected the level of iron-storage ferritin, which leads to iron deficiency in the storage compartment (ID I).
authors.affiliation: Zakład Biochemii IMD, Instytut Matki i Dziecka w Warszawie.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Laskowska-Klita
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szymborski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szymczak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Czerwińska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chazan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D012907:Smoking / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D014168:Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014168:Transferrin; D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron