Serum ferritin was measured in 100 paired maternal and cord samples for the women who had normal deliveries and normal fetuses daring the period from May to November 1982. These values were analyzed by the parameters of maternal age, maternal weight, ...
Serum ferritin was measured in 100 paired maternal and cord samples for the women who had normal deliveries and normal fetuses daring the period from May to November 1982. These values were analyzed by the parameters of maternal age, maternal weight, gestational weeks, parity, fetal weight, placental weight and fetal sex, and compared with serun iron and hemoglobin which measured concomitantly. Following results were obtained. 1. Average values for maternal serum ferritin was 27.4±17.7ng/ml and those for serum iron and hemoglobin were 96.2±23.2㎍/dl and 11.6±1.4gm/dl respectively. 2. Average values for cord ferritin was 126.4±56.8ng/ml and those for iron and hemoglobin were 183.2±59.4㎍/dl and 17.2±2.1gm/dl respectⅳely. 3. Maternal serum ferritin values measuring below 12ng/ml were found in 19cases(19%). And these values were generally parallel with cord ferritin values although no statistical significance. 4. There found no correlation between serum ferritin and serum iron or hemog-lobin in both maternal and cord samples. 5. Serum ferritin values were decreasing as the number of parity increased.