2023
Cohort Profile: The Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo)
Agampodi S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T. Cohort Profile: The Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo). Anuradhapura Medical Journal 2023, 17: 31. DOI: 10.4038/amj.v17i1.7757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal morbidityFirst trimesterPregnancy cohortPregnant womenFirst antenatal clinic visitEarly pregnancy miscarriageFatty liver gradePregnancy care programsFatty liver indexGestational age neonatesAntenatal clinic visitPregnancy outcome dataAnemic pregnant womenSignificant risk factorsComprehensive mental healthBaseline data collectionGestational diabetesAge neonatesClinic visitsCohort womenMetabolic syndromeMetabolic derangementsEarly pregnancyEntire cohortLiver index
2022
Does Being Diagnosed As Anemic in Early Pregnancy Have an Impact on the Household Expenditure for Food? Evidence From a Maternal Cohort in Rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathne S, Amarasinghe G, Agampodi T, Wickramasinghe N, Mendis V, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Does Being Diagnosed As Anemic in Early Pregnancy Have an Impact on the Household Expenditure for Food? Evidence From a Maternal Cohort in Rural Sri Lanka. Current Developments In Nutrition 2022, 6: 654. PMCID: PMC9193294, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzac061.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-anaemic womenEarly pregnancyPregnant womenRural Sri LankaFirst trimester pregnant womenPublic health midwivesHousehold food expenditureThird of pregnanciesAnemic pregnant womenMann-Whitney U testDiagnosis of anemiaMonthly household incomeLifestyle modificationHemoglobin levelsPregnancy cohortThird trimesterMean ageModerate anemiaMaternal cohortAppropriate treatmentHousehold economic statusNutritional educationSelf-administrated questionnairePregnancyAnemiaPrevalence and aetiologies of anaemia among first trimester pregnant women in Sri Lanka; the need for revisiting the current control strategies
Amarasinghe GS, Agampodi TC, Mendis V, Malawanage K, Kappagoda C, Agampodi SB. Prevalence and aetiologies of anaemia among first trimester pregnant women in Sri Lanka; the need for revisiting the current control strategies. BMC Pregnancy And Childbirth 2022, 22: 16. PMID: 34986796, PMCID: PMC8734253, DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-04341-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst trimester pregnant womenFull blood countPregnant womenAnemic womenBlood countRobust public health infrastructureIron deficiencyPeripheral blood film examinationFull blood count analysisEtiology of anemiaMultiple micronutrient supplementationTrimester pregnant womenAnemic pregnant womenBlood count analysisBlood film examinationPublic health interventionsPositive predictive valueForms of malnutritionMaternal care programmeRed cell countRed cell indicesMiddle-income settingsPublic health infrastructureSerum B12B12 deficiency
2021
Can Homocysteine Be Used to Identify Vitamin B12 or Folate Deficiencies During Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings?
Amarasinghe G, Jayasinghe I, Hettiarachchi A, Koralegedara I, Kappagoda C, Mendis W, Agampodi T, Agampodi S. Can Homocysteine Be Used to Identify Vitamin B12 or Folate Deficiencies During Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings? Current Developments In Nutrition 2021, 5: 5140707. PMCID: PMC8181706, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnemic pregnant womenPregnant womenHomocysteine levelsFolate deficiencyB12 levelsB12 deficiencyVitamin B12Folate levelsVitamin B12/folate deficiencyMedian hemoglobin levelSerum homocysteine levelsSerum total homocysteineWeeks of gestationRole of homocysteineUniversal iron supplementationElevated homocysteine levelsLow-resource settingsMiddle-income settingsHemoglobin levelsPregnancy cohortSecond trimesterHospital clinicIron supplementationTotal homocysteineNegative test
2012
Anaemia in pregnancy in the district of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka – need for updating prevalence data and screening strategies
Chathurani U, Dharshika I, Galgamuwa D, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Agampodi S. Anaemia in pregnancy in the district of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka – need for updating prevalence data and screening strategies. Ceylon Medical Journal 2012, 57: 101-6. PMID: 23086024, DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v57i3.4148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of anemiaMean corpuscular hemoglobin concentrationMean corpuscular volumePregnant womenMean corpuscular hemoglobinDistrict of AnuradhapuraHemoglobin concentrationAnemic pregnant womenMedian hemoglobin concentrationCorpuscular hemoglobin concentrationAnuradhapura districtHaemoglobin Colour ScaleAntenatal clinicSerum hemoglobinGestational ageThird trimesterAnemia prevalenceMethemoglobin methodClinical examinationStudy populationAnemiaCorpuscular volumePregnancyPrevalence dataCorpuscular hemoglobin