The Effect of Iron Deficiency Anemia Early in the Third Trimester on Small for Gestational Age and Birth Weight: A Retrospective Cohort Study on Iron Deficiency Anemia and Fetal Weight
Table 1
Comparison of maternal characteristics.
Severe anemia (n = 80)
Moderate anemia (n = 320)
Mild anemia (n = 1300)
Control (n = 3100)
value
Maternal age (years)
25.4 ± 5.6
25.5 ± 5.5
25.8 ± 5.9
26.3 ± 5.8
0.130
BMI <30 kg/m2
56 (70%)
225 (70.3%)
930 (71.5%)
2171 (70%)
0.440
Nulliparity
21 (26.2%)
89 (27.8%)
370 (28.4%)
841 (26.2%)
0.800
Previous cesarean history
20 (25%)
83 (25.9%)
326 (25.0%)
766 (24.7%)
0.975
Ethnicity (Caucasian)
62 (77.4%)a
243 (75.9%)a
1146 (88.2%)b
2759 (89%)b
<0.001
Different superscripts mean statistically different. BMI, body mass index; values are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%).
