The Relationship of Vitamin A and Zinc Consumption on Ferritin Levels in First Trimester Pregnant Women in Agam District Health Center in 2019

Background: Pregnant women are one of the groups prone to malnutrition, due to an increase in nutritional needs to meet the needs of the mother and fetus contained. Poor eating patterns in pregnant women have an impact on the occurrence of nutritional disorders including anemia. The cause of anemia is one of them lack of micronutrients intake consumed, disruption of the absorption ability of micronutrients such as iron, vitamins A, B, C, folic acid, and zinc. Research Method: This study was an observational study with a cross-sectional approach, carried out in the working area of the Agam District Health Center. Data collection was conducted by interviewing FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire) to measure the consumption of vitamin A, and zinc in daily food, measuring ferritin levels using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Blood samples were taken during the study. Ferritin levels were examined at the Biomedical Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, with a sample of 60 people. Data were performed by Pearson correlation test, with p-value <0.05 considered to have a statistically significant relationship. Research Result: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between vitamin A consumption and first trimester's pregnancy rates, with a correlation of 0.403 indicating a positive relationship and no significant relationship between zinc consumption and ferritin levels in first trimester with p-value = 0.415 (p> 0.05). The correlation value is -0,107 which indicates the direction of a negative relationship with very weak strength. Research Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between vitamin A consumption and ferritin levels and there is no significant relationship between zinc consumption and ferritin levels in first trimester