Developing targeted client communication messages to pregnant women in Bangladesh: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Common Risk Factors for Anemia, Hypertension, and GDM

Risk factors for anemia	Risk factors for hypertension	Risk factors for GDM
Age < 20	Age ≥ 35 [44]	Age > 25 [45]
Low Body Mass Index [46, 47]	High body weight/high Body Mass Index [44]	High Body Mass Index [45, 48]
Grand multiparity [49, 50]	Nulliparity [20, 51]	Grand multiparity [52]
Multiple pregnancies [50]	Previous hypertension [51]	Multiple pregnancies [45]
	Previous Small for Gestational Age [53, 54]	Previous hypertension [45]
	Previous prenatal mortality [55, 56]	Previous GDM [45]
	Family history of hypertension [44, 51]	Previous perinatal mortality [55]
		Family history of DM [45]

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