Vitamin A levels in the three trimesters and urinary iodine levels in the first and last trimester of pregnancy in pregnant women Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Conditions
Interventions
The women who visited the antenatal clinic were recruited into the study and would fall into the experimental or control group based on which week they visited the antenatal clinic. The women would be
Sponsors
Sundar Serendipity Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women 2. Aged 19 to 29 years 3. In the first trimester of pregnancy 4. Written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women with hemoglobin less than 8 g/dl were excluded so that they could be treated immediately for anaemia 2. Women with current or previous gynecological problems
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Serum vitamin A in the first, second and third trimester of pregnancy, measured by a rapid reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-Shimadzu, Japan) at baseline, midpoint after 3 months and endline after 6 months 2. Urinary iodine in the first trimester and third trimester of pregnancy, measured by spectrophotometry at baseline and endline after 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The age and parity of the pregnant women collected using a questionnaire during enrollment into the study 2. Night blindness assessed using a questionnaire during enrollment into the study, and at the second- (midpoint after 3 months) and third-trimester visits (endline after 6 months) of the pregnant women to the hospital 3. The number of days the fortified salt was not used in the past 3 months in the experimental group, assessed by asking the women when they came to the clinic in their second (midpoint after 3 months) and third trimester (endline after 6 months) | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactMalavika Vinod Kumar
Outcome results
None listed