Characteristics | Overall participants (%) | Anaemia (%) | No anaemia (%) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Participants | 1222 (100.0) | 570 (46.6) | 652 (53.4) | Â |
Mean age (± SD) in years | 30.7 ± 5.3 | 30.3 ± 5.2 | 31.0 ± 5.4 | 0.941 |
Mean gestation age at enrolment (± SD) in weeks | 31.7 ± 2.5 | 31.5 ± 2.5 | 31.9 ± 2.6 | 0.193 |
Mean BMI (± SD) in kg/m2 | 27.9 ± 5.9 | 26.9 ± 5.5 | 28.8 ± 6.0 | 0.246 |
Obesity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) | 374 (30.6) | 142 (38.0) | 232 (62.0) | < 0.001 |
No (BMI < 30 kg/m2) | 848 (69.4) | 428 (50.5) | 420 (49.5) |  |
Enrolment site | Â | Â | Â | Â |
LUTH | 148 (12.1) | 67 (45.3) | 81 (54.7) | < 0.001 |
LASUTH | 161 (13.2) | 64 (39.8) | 97 (60.2) | Â |
LIMH | 522 (42.7) | 271 (51.9) | 251 (48.1) | Â |
FMC-Eb | 185 (15.1) | 62 (33.5) | 123 (66.5) | Â |
68-NARHY | 206 (16.9) | 106 (51.5) | 100 (48.5) | Â |
Level of enrolment facility | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Secondary | 728 (59.6) | 377 (51.8) | 351 (48.2) | < 0.001 |
Tertiary | 494 (40.4) | 193 (39.1) | 301 (60.9) | Â |
Parity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Nullipara | 482 (29.8) | 231 (47.9) | 251 (52.1) | 0.632 |
Primipara | 376 (70.2) | 168 (44.7) | 208 (55.3) | Â |
Multipara | 364 (70.2) | 171 (47.0) | 193 (53.0) | Â |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Single | 8 (0.7) | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | 0.198 |
Married | 1207 (98.8) | 566 (46.9) | 641 (53.1) | Â |
Widowed | 7 (0.6) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | Â |
Educational status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No formal education | 4 (0.3) | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 0.158 |
Primary education | 18 (1.5) | 5 (27.8) | 13 (72.2) | Â |
Secondary education | 364 (29.8) | 171 (47.0) | 193 (53.0) | Â |
Tertiary education | 763 (62.4) | 3666 (48.0) | 397 (52.0) | Â |
Postgraduate education | 73 (6.0) | 27 (37.0) | 46 (63.0) | Â |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Unemployed | 96 (7.9) | 46 (47.9) | 50 (52.1) | 0.100 |
Housewife | 38 (3.1) | 25 (65.8) | 13 (34.2) | Â |
Artisan | 71 (5.8) | 33 (46.5) | 38 (53.5) | Â |
Trading | 583 (47.7) | 253 (43.4) | 330 (56.6) | Â |
Civil servant | 199 (16.3) | 99 (49.7) | 100 (50.3) | Â |
Private professional | 235 (19.2) | 114 (48.5) | 121 (51.5) | Â |
Mode of conception | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Assisted | 18 (1.5) | 9 (50.0) | 9 (50.0) | 0.774 |
Spontaneous | 1204 (98.5) | 561 (46.6) | 643 (53.4) | Â |
Type of pregnancy | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Multiple | 26 (2.1) | 13 (50.0) | 13 (50.0) | 0.729 |
Singleton | 1196 (97.9) | 557 (46.6) | 639 (53.4) | Â |
Presence of uterine fibroids | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 150 (12.3) | 64 (42.7) | 86 (57.3) | 0.297 |
No | 1072 (87.7) | 506 (47.2) | 566 (52.8) | Â |
Antepartum bleeding in the index pregnancy | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 106 (8.7) | 55 (51.9) | 51 (48.1) | 0.258 |
No | 1116 (98.3) | 515 (46.1) | 601 (53.9) | Â |
Previous hypertensive disorder in pregnancy | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 43 (3.5) | 17 (39.5) | 26 (60.5) | 0.341 |
No | 1179 (96.5) | 553 (46.9) | 626 (53.1) | Â |
Current hypertensive disorder in pregnancy | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 72 (5.9) | 29 (40.3) | 43 (59.7) | 0.264 |
No | 1150 (94.1) | 541 (47.0) | 609 (53.0) | Â |
Previous caesarean delivery | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 277 (22.7) | 120 (43.3) | 157 (56.7) | 0.207 |
No | 945 (77.3) | 450 (47.6) | 495 (52.4) | Â |
Previous PPH | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 27 (2.2) | 9 (33.3) | 18 (66.7) | 0.161 |
No | 1195 (97.8) | 561 (46.9) | 634 (53.1) | Â |