Table 2 Ferritin metabolism and prenatal outcome between two groups.

From: Serum ferritin levels and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: A cohort study

Variables

CON

GDM

χ2

P value

Anemia in the first trimester (1507)

1200/7131

307/1982

2.013

0.156

Anemia in the second trimester (1809)

1450/7131

359/1982

4.807

0.028

Anemia in the third trimester (2358)

1880/7131

478/1982

4.082

0.043

ID in the first trimester (1645)

1288/7131

357/1982

0.003

0.959

ID in the second trimester (6563)

5184/7131

1379/1982

7.494

0.006

ID in the third trimester (7681)

6025/7131

1656/1982

1.031

0.31

ID in both second and third trimesters (5938)

4645/7131

1293/1982

0.007

0.935

ID in all trimesters (1460)

1130/7131

330/1982

0.744

0.388

Preterm labor (405)

316/7131

89/1982

6.642

0.01

Low birth weight in termed delivery (159)

121/6836

48/1873

4.855

0.028

MSAF (649)

541/7131

108/1982

10.71

0.001

PPROM (2148)

1799/7131

385/1982

28.66

< 0.0001

  1. ID iron deficiency, PPROM preterm premature rupture of membranes, MSAF meconium-stained amniotic fluid, GDM gestational diabetes mellitus. Subjects included in the above table were tested for serum ferritin in early, mid, and late pregnancy.