International values for haemoglobin distributions in healthy pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anaemia in pregnancy is a global health problem with associated morbidity and mortality.

Methods

A secondary analysis of prospective, population-based study from 2009 to 2016 to generate maternal haemoglobin normative centiles in uncomplicated pregnancies in women receiving optimal antenatal care. Pregnant women were enrolled <14 weeks' gestation in the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study (FGLS) of the INTERGROWTH-21^st Project which involved eight geographically diverse urban areas in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Kenya, Oman, United Kingdom and United States. At each 5 ± 1 weekly visit until delivery, information was collected about the pregnancy, as well as the results of blood tests taken as part of routine antenatal care that complemented the study's req

SUBMITTER: Ohuma EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7788439 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature