Table 3.

Physiologic Requirements for Iron in 11 Pregnant Women

ID	Trimester	Baseline weight (kg)	Baseline BMI (kg.(m2)−1)	Estimated weight in calculation period (kg)	Iron physiological requirement (μg.d−1)	Iron physiological requirements adjusted by weight (μg.kg− 1.d− 1)
A5	Second	84.55	32.74	89.55	3714.41	41.48
A11	First	52.40	19.00	60.69	1143.55	18.84
A13	Third	87.15	30.90	94.25	3842.51	40.77
A23	Second	53.50	21.30	60.15	3556.91	59.14
A26	Second	55.65	21.80	64.39	3752.52	58.28
A32	First	59.90	25.00	64.24	820.45	12.77
A36	Second	64.18	25.06	70.06	2011.76	28.72
B15	First	61.03	26.31	64.11	4813.28	75.08
B23	Third	67.19	26.48	74.21	4802.89	64.72
B29	Third	46.35	20.44	60.89	3758.01	61.72
B45	First	55.03	23.82	61.46	1379.00	22.44
$\overline{\mathrm{X}}$		62.45	24.81	69.45	3054.12	43.99
SD		12.94	4.25	11.93	1448.40	21.13