Assessment of anemia in pregnant women at a tertiary care centre in Western Maharashtra, India

Introduction: Deficiency of anemia is a prevalence cause of nutritional deficiency, lacking intake of iron-rich food and lower bioavailability of consumed iron required during pregnancy. Objective: To assess the rate in pregnant women with lower haemoglobin for the determination if cause of anemia and to calculate daily caloric intake of anemia. Materials and Methods: A tertiary care health institute based study carried out with enrolled patients from January 2007 to June 2009. A total of 113 pregnant women with low haemoglobin concentration, and less and controlled group respectively were included in the study. Results: Out of 113 pregnant women divided into two groups, in group one, 30 pregnant women had haemoglobin concentration of 5gm% and group two, 83 pregnant women had haemoglobin concentration between 5.1 to 7gm%. The duration of pregnancy anemia detection were non significance (p = Conclusions: The higher rates of mortality were detected in lower haemoglobin level group, which shows high risk mortality in pregnant women with low level of blood. Keywords: Anemia, Haemoglobin, Iron deficiency, Mortality, Nutrition.