Evaluation of Ferritin, Antioxidants and Some Minerals in Women with Secondary Infertility

Abstract

The current research included the collection of 90 blood samples from women with secondary infertility and healthy women, whose ages ranged between (19-41) years, for the period from 10/15/2022 to 1/15/2023. The samples were divided into the control group, which included 30 samples of healthy women, while the first group (G1), which included 30 samples of women with secondary infertility for the age group (19-29) years. and the second group (G2), which included 30 samples of women with secondary infertility for the age group (30-41) years. The samples for the current study were collected, and the levels of ferritin and antioxidants (glutathione, catalase, malondialdehyde, peroxynitrite) and minerals (sodium)., potassium) were estimated in the serum of women with secondary infertility. The results obtained from the current study: The level of ferritin protein decreases significantly (P≤0.05) in infertile women in groups G1 and G2 compared to the control group, with significant differences between G1 compared to G1. Also, the level of glutathione and catalase activity, decreases in the blood serum of the two groups of patients, G1 and G2, compared to the healthy group, at the level of probability (P≤0.05), with no significant difference between G1 and G2. and the level of malondialdehyde and peroxynitrite increase in the blood serum of the two groups of patients, G1 and G2, compared with the control group, at a probability level (P≤0.05), with no significant difference between G1 and G2. The levels of sodium and potassium decrease in the blood serum of the two groups of patients, G1 and G2, compared to the healthy group, at the level of probability (P≤0.05), with no significant difference between G1 and G2.