Ugeskrift for Laeger
Volume 169, Issue 42, 2007, Pages 3586-3588

Prevalence of anaemia in pregnant immigrant women compared to ethnic Danish women [Gravide indvandrerkvinder har markant højere hyppighed af anæmi end etnisk danske kvinder - Sekundærpublikation] (Article)

Nybo M.* , Friis-Hansen L. , Felding P. , Milman N.
  • a Rigshospitalet, Klinisk Biokemisk Afdeling, Københavns Praktiserende Lægers Laboratorium, Afdeling for Biokemi, Farmakologi og Genetik, Odense Universitetshospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
  • b Rigshospitalet, Klinisk Biokemisk Afdeling, Københavns Praktiserende Lægers Laboratorium
  • c Rigshospitalet, Klinisk Biokemisk Afdeling, Københavns Praktiserende Lægers Laboratorium
  • d Rigshospitalet, Klinisk Biokemisk Afdeling, Københavns Praktiserende Lægers Laboratorium

Abstract

The aim was to investigate the prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women emigrated from regions with a high prevalence of anaemia. Of a total of 1741 pregnant immigrant women referred to haemoglobinopathy screening, 406 immigrant women were included when matched by gestational age with a cohort of 205 pregnant ethnic Danish women. The prevalence of anaemia was 20.0% in the immigrant group compared to 4.9% among the Caucasian women, and iron parameters indicated iron-deficiency. Attention and nutritional counselling is thus needed on anaemia in this population group.

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ISSN: 00415782
Cited by: 2
Original Language: Danish