Influence of Iron Deficiency on HbA1c Levels in non- Diabetic Pregnant women

الملخص

Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is the form of hemoglobin that is used widely to identify the average blood glucose levels of a person over the past three months and can correlate to complications of high blood glucose. This study aimed to determine the effect of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) in non-diabetic pregnant women.  This study was conducted on 86 pregnant women in the last trimester of pregnancy, 66 pregnant women had IDA and were non-diabetic, and 20 pregnant women were non-anemic as control, their ages were between 20 - 37 years, fasting blood sugar (FBS), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C), hemoglobin (Hb), and the serum iron was determined on all blood sample. The mean HbA1c level was significantly lower in pregnant with IDA (4.42±0.89,) than in pregnant that have not IDA (5.35±0.38), P <0.05. Mild anemia was (56.1%), moderate anemia was (37.9%), and severe anemia was (6.06%), The mean HbA1C level in cases of mild anemia was slightly higher than in non-anemic pregnant, (5.42±0.69.,5.4±0.38), with no significant differences, while in the cases of moderate anemia, the mean of HbA1C level was lower than non-anemic pregnant 4.6±0.85, with significant differences at P <0.05.   the mean HbA1C level in cases of severe anemia was lower than its level in non-anemic pregnant ( 3.45. ± 0.29) with significant differences at (P < 0.05.), there was a