Maternal anaemia and maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes in a prospective cohort study in India and Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the association of maternal anaemia with maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Rural India and Pakistan.

Population

Pregnant women residing in the study catchment area.

Methods

We performed an analysis of a prospective pregnancy registry in which haemoglobin is commonly obtained as well as maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes for 42 days post-delivery. Women 40 years or older who delivered before 20 weeks or had a haemoglobin level of <3.0 g/dl were excluded. Our primary exposure was maternal anaemia, which was categorised in keeping with World Health Organization criteria based on a normal (≥11 g/dl), mild (>10-10.9 g/dl), moderate (7-9.9 g/dl) or severe (<7 g/dl). haemoglobin level. The

SUBMITTER: Parks S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6459713 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature