Iron deficiency in late pregnancy and its associations with birth outcomes in Chinese pregnant women: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Several biomarkers are used to measure iron deficiency (ID) during pregnancy, but the prevalence of ID and its association with adverse birth outcomes shows inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of ID in third trimester using multiple indicator...

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Main Authors: Xiaosong Yuan, Huiwen Hu, Ming Zhang, Wei Long, Jianbing Liu, Jian Jiang, Bin Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Nutrition & Metabolism
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12986-019-0360-9