Prevalence of anemia in pregnancy and its association with birth weight
Abstract Objectives: to assess the prevalence of maternal gestational anemia and its association with the birth weight. Methods: retrospective longitudinal observational study in a cohort of 370 pregnant women. Anthropometric, biochemical, ginecobstetric and sociodemographic data of both mothers a...
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| author | Isabel Cristina Correa Mesa Susana Montoya Montoya Oscar Alonso Villada Ochoa |
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| description | Abstract Objectives: to assess the prevalence of maternal gestational anemia and its association with the birth weight. Methods: retrospective longitudinal observational study in a cohort of 370 pregnant women. Anthropometric, biochemical, ginecobstetric and sociodemographic data of both mothers and newborns were evaluated. The results of maternal erythrocyte indices were analyzed and contrasted with newborns anthropometrical data. Results: the mean age of the pregnant women was 27±6 years, with a mean gestational age of 32±6 weeks at the assessment moment, 56.2% were overweight. The prevalence of anemia was 28.6%. 47.2% women with anemia and 36% women without anemia had low birth weight/very low birth weight newborns (p=0.009). Of the children born to mothers with iron deficiency anemia, 20% had low birth weight and 15% very low birth weight. 54.3% newborns with global undernutrition or at risk of developing it were born to women with underweight(p=0.046), in addition, the higher the maternal weight, the lower the number of term newborns with risk of short height (p<0.001). Conclusions: there is relationship between the anemia, the maternal nutritional status and the birth weight. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-897d18855c08450c8aeebe00d8aedac52023-09-05T07:41:10ZengInstituto Materno Infantil de PernambucoRevista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil1806-93042023-09-012310.1590/1806-9304202300000333-enPrevalence of anemia in pregnancy and its association with birth weightIsabel Cristina Correa Mesahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6679-745XSusana Montoya Montoyahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6319-4346Oscar Alonso Villada Ochoahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1921-5710Abstract Objectives: to assess the prevalence of maternal gestational anemia and its association with the birth weight. Methods: retrospective longitudinal observational study in a cohort of 370 pregnant women. Anthropometric, biochemical, ginecobstetric and sociodemographic data of both mothers and newborns were evaluated. The results of maternal erythrocyte indices were analyzed and contrasted with newborns anthropometrical data. Results: the mean age of the pregnant women was 27±6 years, with a mean gestational age of 32±6 weeks at the assessment moment, 56.2% were overweight. The prevalence of anemia was 28.6%. 47.2% women with anemia and 36% women without anemia had low birth weight/very low birth weight newborns (p=0.009). Of the children born to mothers with iron deficiency anemia, 20% had low birth weight and 15% very low birth weight. 54.3% newborns with global undernutrition or at risk of developing it were born to women with underweight(p=0.046), in addition, the higher the maternal weight, the lower the number of term newborns with risk of short height (p<0.001). Conclusions: there is relationship between the anemia, the maternal nutritional status and the birth weight.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292023000100437&tlng=esAnemiaBirth weightPregnancyMaternal nutrition |
| spellingShingle | Isabel Cristina Correa Mesa Susana Montoya Montoya Oscar Alonso Villada Ochoa Prevalence of anemia in pregnancy and its association with birth weight Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil Anemia Birth weight Pregnancy Maternal nutrition |
| title | Prevalence of anemia in pregnancy and its association with birth weight |
| title_full | Prevalence of anemia in pregnancy and its association with birth weight |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of anemia in pregnancy and its association with birth weight |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of anemia in pregnancy and its association with birth weight |
| title_short | Prevalence of anemia in pregnancy and its association with birth weight |
| title_sort | prevalence of anemia in pregnancy and its association with birth weight |
| topic | Anemia Birth weight Pregnancy Maternal nutrition |
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