Effect of Maternal Iron Deficiency Anemia on the Iron Store of Newborns in Ethiopia

Table 2

Hematological profile and ferritin status of mothers and their newborns at St. Paul’s Hospital, Addis Ababa ().

Parameters	Median (IQR)^a		value
	Mothers	Newborns
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.2 (11.2–12.9)	16.2 (15.0–17.2)	<0.001
Mean cell volume (fL)	90.0 (88.1–93.5)	105.5 (102.7–109.7)	<0.001
Mean cell hemoglobin (pg)	30.7 (30.2–31.8)	37.3 (36.2–38.2)	<0.001
Mean cell hemoglobin concentration (%)	34.2 (33.9–34.8)	35.0 (34.3–35.8)	<0.001
Red cell distribution width (%)	14.1 (13.5–14.9)	16.3 (15.6–17.1)	<0.001
Serum ferritin (ng/mL)	47.0 (26.5–79.7)	187.6 (140.0–264.7)	<0.001

IDA = iron deficient anemic; NA = nonanemic. ^aIQR, 25th to 75th quartiles, data are from Mann-Whitney test.