Correction: Hematological responses to iron-folate supplementation and its determinants in pregnant women attending antenatal cares in Mekelle City, Ethiopia

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The third author's name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Birhane Alem Berihu. The correct citation is: Belay E, Endrias A, Berihu BA, Endris K (2018) Hematological responses to iron-folate supplementation and its determinants in pregnant women attending antenatal cares in Mekelle City, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 13(10): e0204791. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204791

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Hematological responses to iron-folate supplementation and its determinants in pregnant women attending antenatal cares in Mekelle City, Ethiopia

Ezra Belay, Asrat Endrias, Birhane Alem … (2018)

Objective To characterize anemia and evaluate hematological responses to universal iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation in Ethiopian pregnant women. Method A hospital- based prospective follow up study was done between December 2016 and June 2017. Hematological profiles were measured in pregnant women before and after a minimum of one-month IFA supplementation. Mean values and abnormal proportions of hematological profiles were compared before and after supplementation using paired t-test and McNemar test, respectively. Univariate and multivariate analysis were used to analyze the association between independent variables and poor treatment responses. Result Lack of adequate hemoglobin response was found in 48.5%(95/196) of the participants. Prevalence of anemia and low hematocrit value were decreased significantly after IFA supplementation (p = 0.002, and p = 0.001, respectively). Normocytic hypochromic anemia was the commonest form of anemia found in this study followed by normocytic normochromic anemia. There was no statistically significant association between poor hemoglobin responses and all studied factors such as educational level, household size, parity, recent illness, stage of pregnancy, coffee consumption, and duration of iron treatment. Conclusion Our study revealed poor hemoglobin responses in nearly half of the study participants and a high proportion of anemias morphologically atypical of iron deficiency anemia. There is a need to consider anemia attributable to etiologies other than an iron deficiency in anemia intervention programs.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE

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Title: PLoS ONE

Publisher: Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA USA )

ISSN (Electronic): 1932-6203

Publication date (Electronic): 22 February 2019

Publication date Collection: 2019

Publication date PMC-release: 22 February 2019

Volume: 14

Issue: 2

Electronic Location Identifier: e0212713

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212713

PMC ID: 6386220

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