| Summary: | Background: The program of iron supplementation for prevention and control pregnant women anaemia have been executed since 1975, but until now the prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women is still relatively high. Based on survey result of anaemia in 2005, that the prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women in Bungo District by 40%. Incidence of anaemia among pregnant women, caused by deficiency nutrients such as iron, protein, folid acid, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc and copper.
Objective: To assess relationship between iron status (serum iron levels), vitamin A status (serum retinol levels), protein status (serum levels of total protein) with the incidence of anaemia among pregnant women in Bungo District, Jambi Province.
Methods: This study is an observational study with cross sectional design. The research subject as many as 92 pregnant women trimester II and III were listed in 17 area health centers in Bungo district in 2009. Each research subject was taken by 5 ml of venous blood to be examined levels of hemoglobin, serum level, serum retinol levels and serum protein levels. Hemoglobin level was checked with cyanmethemoglobin method, parameters of iron status were serum iron levels with chromazurol method B (CAB), the status of vitamin A was the serum retinol concentration by HPLC method, the status of the protein was serum total protein concentration by photometric colorimetric method. Subject characteristic data was obtained through interviews before taking venous blood sampling. The results were examined by chi square analysis with significant value < 0.05.
Results: The result of study showed that out of 92 pregnant womens, 37% of them had anaemia, 33,7% had abnormal serum iron l (iron deficiency), 30,4% had abnormal serum retinol (vitamin A deficiency ) and 15.2% had abnormal serum protein total (protein deficiency) . There was a significant relationship between level of serum iron with incidence of anaemia in pregnant womens P = 0.001, there was a significant relationship between level of serum retinol with the incidence anaemia in pregnant womens P = 0.008, and there was no significant relationship between level of serum protein total with the incidence of anaemia in pregnant womens with p = 0.191 (P> 0,05).
Conclusion: There is a relationship between level of serum iron, serum retinol with incidence anaemia in pregnant womens. There was no relationship between levels of serum protein total with the incidence of anaemia in pregnant womens.
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