02/20/2019 / By Michelle Simmons
Researchers from India and the U.S. have found that high-dose supplementation of iron in non-anemic pregnant women can cause oxidative stress and eventually affect birth outcomes. They aimed to measure oxidative stress in pregnant women with low, normal, or high hemoglobin status in the first trimester and to relate these to birth weight.
In conclusion, these findings suggest that pregnant women with high hemoglobin levels who take high doses of iron supplements tend to have increased oxidative stress, which could negatively affect birth outcomes.
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Journal Reference:
Shastri L, Pammal RS, Mani I, Thomas T, Kurpad AV. OXIDATIVE STRESS DURING EARLY PREGNANCY AND BIRTH OUTCOMES. Public Health Nutrition. December 2016; 19(17): 3210-3215. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016001191
Tagged Under: anemia, children's health, hemoglobin, infant's health, iron, iron supplements, low birth weight, oxidative stress, pregnancy, pregnant women, women's health