Maternal Anaemia and Neonatal Outcome: A Prospective Study on Urban Pregnant Women
Introduction: Maternal anaemia is a major contributor of adverse neonatal outcomes, particularly compromised birth weight and head circumference. Objective: To assess the relationship between maternal anaemia and neonatal measures in a sample of low-middle income group urban mothers. Materials...
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| description | Introduction: Maternal anaemia is a major contributor of adverse
neonatal outcomes, particularly compromised birth weight and
head circumference.
Objective: To assess the relationship between maternal anaemia
and neonatal measures in a sample of low-middle income group
urban mothers.
Materials and Methods: One hundred pregnant women with
population representative prevalence of anaemia were enrolled.
Socio-demographic, anthropometry, obstetric profile (parity,
abortion history, food habits, gap period with last pregnancy
etc), and systolic/diastolic blood pressure were documented.
Neonatal outcomes (gestational age and type of delivery), and
birth anthropometry (weight, length, and head circumference)
were measured at delivery. Univariate and multivariate regression
analysis for associating maternal haemoglobin levels and neonatal
outcomes were performed.
Results: The anaemic and non-anaemic pregnant women
differed significantly in interval between previous & index
pregnancy (p=0.031), parity (p=0.009), systolic blood pressure
(p=0.026), diastolic blood pressure (p=0.042), maternal Hb
(p<0.01). The mean gestational age (p<0.01), weight (p<0.01),
length (p<0.01) and head circumference (p<0.01) of the neonates
differed significantly between the two groups. On using maternal
haemoglobin as a continuous variable, these anthropometric birth
outcomes were positively correlated with maternal haemoglobin
(p<0.05). Further, univariate linear regression showed similar
associations between maternal haemoglobin (g/dL) and birth
weight (p=0.004), length (p=0.010) and head circumference
(p=0.003).
Conclusion: Maternal haemoglobin has a positive relationship
with the neonatal measures of weight, length and head
circumference. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00bf85ecf4af478c93e8a151b231a7082022-12-21T19:39:52ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2015-12-01912QC04QC0810.7860/JCDR/2015/14924.6985Maternal Anaemia and Neonatal Outcome: A Prospective Study on Urban Pregnant WomenManpreet Kaur0Aarti Chauhan1Md Dilshad Manzar2Mohammad Muntafa Rajput3Senior Research Fellow, Department of Food and Nutrition, Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, India.Dietician, Department of Dietetics, Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.Former Assistant Professor (Guest), Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, India.Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.Introduction: Maternal anaemia is a major contributor of adverse neonatal outcomes, particularly compromised birth weight and head circumference. Objective: To assess the relationship between maternal anaemia and neonatal measures in a sample of low-middle income group urban mothers. Materials and Methods: One hundred pregnant women with population representative prevalence of anaemia were enrolled. Socio-demographic, anthropometry, obstetric profile (parity, abortion history, food habits, gap period with last pregnancy etc), and systolic/diastolic blood pressure were documented. Neonatal outcomes (gestational age and type of delivery), and birth anthropometry (weight, length, and head circumference) were measured at delivery. Univariate and multivariate regression analysis for associating maternal haemoglobin levels and neonatal outcomes were performed. Results: The anaemic and non-anaemic pregnant women differed significantly in interval between previous & index pregnancy (p=0.031), parity (p=0.009), systolic blood pressure (p=0.026), diastolic blood pressure (p=0.042), maternal Hb (p<0.01). The mean gestational age (p<0.01), weight (p<0.01), length (p<0.01) and head circumference (p<0.01) of the neonates differed significantly between the two groups. On using maternal haemoglobin as a continuous variable, these anthropometric birth outcomes were positively correlated with maternal haemoglobin (p<0.05). Further, univariate linear regression showed similar associations between maternal haemoglobin (g/dL) and birth weight (p=0.004), length (p=0.010) and head circumference (p=0.003). Conclusion: Maternal haemoglobin has a positive relationship with the neonatal measures of weight, length and head circumference.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6985/14924_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(EKAK)_PFA(P)_PF2(PAG).pdfblood pressurebmibirth weighthaemoglobinhead circumferencelength |
| spellingShingle | Manpreet Kaur Aarti Chauhan Md Dilshad Manzar Mohammad Muntafa Rajput Maternal Anaemia and Neonatal Outcome: A Prospective Study on Urban Pregnant Women Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research blood pressure bmi birth weight haemoglobin head circumference length |
| title | Maternal Anaemia and Neonatal Outcome: A Prospective Study on Urban Pregnant Women |
| title_full | Maternal Anaemia and Neonatal Outcome: A Prospective Study on Urban Pregnant Women |
| title_fullStr | Maternal Anaemia and Neonatal Outcome: A Prospective Study on Urban Pregnant Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal Anaemia and Neonatal Outcome: A Prospective Study on Urban Pregnant Women |
| title_short | Maternal Anaemia and Neonatal Outcome: A Prospective Study on Urban Pregnant Women |
| title_sort | maternal anaemia and neonatal outcome a prospective study on urban pregnant women |
| topic | blood pressure bmi birth weight haemoglobin head circumference length |
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