Abstract
Objective: Measuring folate concentration, shortage level and related risks at pregnant women during the three pregnancy trimesters.
Research method: Designing descriptive study at 180 pregnant women who had health check at Huế College of Medicine and Pharmacy from July 2013 to April 2014.
Results: Average folate concentration was 8.82±4.83 (ng/mL). The percentage of pregnant women who lacked of folate in their blood was 8.3% (<3 ng/mL). The shortage risk was 28.9% (≥3-<6 ng/mL). The percentage of pregnant women who had anemia was 39.4%. Folate decreasing rate in the anemia group was 71.8%, which was higher than that of the group who did not have anemia (14.7%) (p<0.01). Folate concentration was correlated to: Hb, Hct, MCV, MCH, MCHC (p<0.01). The folate decreasing rate was correlated to family finance status (which is 64.7% at the group of pregnant women in poor family), number of carriage times (which is 60.9% at the group of pregnant women who have ≥4 times of carriage), process of taking multivitamin supplementation with acid folic (which is 84.2% at the groups of pregnant women who do not take multivitamin supplementation or who do take it but not frequently) (p<0.05). There was not correlation between the folate decreasing rate with age, geography, education, occupation, and pregnancy age (p>0.05).
Conclusion: It is common to have anemia at pregnant women (39.4%). There is a decrease of folate concentration (<6 ng/mL) with a high rate (37.2%). Average folate concentration is 8.82±4.83 (ng/mL), which is at a low level to compare with the other areas and world standard.
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