A David, Ferri Rex, Rose Verano, Ma. Tessa Agahan, Archimedes Lee Dyogi, Edmund Leano, Milagros Torres, Tisha Ysabel Africa, Kathryn Mae C. Cruz, Amor dela Layugan, Ma. Tessa Lolita Trinidad, Harold Louis Alday, Albert Cabigon, Rowena Jaucian, Maxine Grace Seno, Steven Cezniz, Divina Marie Hamada, Contessa Louise Samala, Renato Ramon Carillo, Ryner Jose Galutera, Rainier Segui, Oliver Bautista, Ma. Jennifer Gamboa, Christopher G. Santos, Maria Giselle Bautista, Gwyneth Giselle text monographic eng

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Serum Transferin levels of 30 pregnant women in different trimesters of pregnancy (10 per trimester) who have not been taking iron supplementation and have fasted for 6 hours prior to extraction, were determined using Single Radial Immunodiffusion Assay after their hemoglobin, total protein, globulin and serum iron levels were found to be normal. Mean transferrin levels (in mg/dL) of the subjects were 322.381 (153.179 SD) 379.242 (193.685 SD) and 554.069 (196.964 SD) in the first, second and third trimesters respectively showing an increasing trend from the first to the third trimester. Analysis of variance and subsequent sidak procedure showed that the mean transferrin levels between the first and third trimester was statistically significant (p value = 0.025). The means of the first and the second trimester as well as second and third trimester were not statistically significant from each other. Ferri David [and twenty five others] Acta Medica Philippina,1997 33 ( 3 ) pages 120-126 Transferrins Pregnant Women Pregnancy Trimester, Third 210312 20210312164249.0 D0001J000164