A.A Soheili-Azad
M Jalali
A.GH Jazairi
B Golestan

the aim of this cross sectional study was to determine anemias due to deficiency of iron,vitamin B۱۲ and folate in pregnant women,who were refered to Shahid doctor mofateh hospital in varamin.in this study hemoglobin value(<۱۱g/dl) was used as the determinant of anemia,therefore,the study was performed on ۲۵۱ pregnant women.the proportions of women having abortions and cesarean sections were ۱۰% and ۱۴.۷%,respectively.in this study,serum folate,RBC folate and serum B۱۲ were determined using RIDA test.based on the hemoglobin (HB),hematocrit(HCT),and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) values,۲۶.۱%,۲۱.۳% and ۵۳% of the mothers were anemic,respectively.based on serum iron,TIBC and transferin saturation rate,serum folate ,RBC folate and serum B۱۲,۱۵.۴%,۶۷.۵%,۴۹.۲%,۸۹.۷%,۲۷.۴% and ۲۲.۲% of the mothers were anemic respectively.the prevalence of anemia due to vitamin B۱۲ deficiency in abortive women(۳۷.۵%) were significantly higher than in non-abortive (۲۱%) group(p<۰.۰۵).the prevalence of anemia on the basis of serum folate in the abortion group was significantly higher than in the women how had abortion were suffering from serum falate deficinency of which ۷۰.۸% were suffering from severe serum folate deficiency,and ۲۹.۲% were suffering from a milder form of the deficiency,while ۳۱.۸% were suffering from deficiency of folate in RBC,s.the results of this study showed that supplementary folate has to be administered during pregnancy period.

Pregnancy, Anemia, nutrition, abortion, Varamin