title: Iron stores in low and normal birth weight infants at birth and in early infancy.
abstract: Serum ferritin levels of low birth weight (LBW; BW < 2,500 g) and normal birth weight (NBW; BW ≥ 2,500 g) infants were evaluated at birth and at 3 mo using electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. At birth, levels were 318.6 (31.0-829.5) ng/mL in LBW (n = 217) and 366.2 (122.4-858.5) ng/mL in NBW infants (n = 116; p < 0.01), with 1.4 % of LBW and none of the NBW infants having levels <12 ng/mL (p = 0.20). At follow up, levels were 66.9 (4.5-567.7) ng/mL in LBW (n = 126) and 126.2 (6.8-553.7) ng/mL in NBW infants (n = 76; p = 0.27), with 11.9 % of LBW and 11.8 % of NBW infants having levels <12 ng/mL (p = 0.80).
authors: Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, ra.aiims@gmail.com.
authors: Ramesh
authors: R
authors: Agarwal
authors: Deenanath
authors: D
authors: Virmani
authors: Munnalal
authors: M
authors: Jaipal
authors: Shuchita
authors: S
authors: Gupta
authors: Mari Jeeva
authors: MJ
authors: Sankar
authors: Sunita
authors: S
authors: Bhatia
authors: Anand
authors: A
authors: Agarwal
authors: Veena
authors: V
authors: Devgan
authors: Nandita
authors: N
authors: Gupta
authors: Ashok K
authors: AK
authors: Deorari
authors: Vinod K
authors: VK
authors: Paul
mesh_terms: D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008163:Luminescent Measurements
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins
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