A Comparison of Capillary and Venous Blood Haematocrits of Pregnant Women in Nigeria: The Impact on Diagnosis and Prevalence of Anaemia in Pregnancy

Table 3

Disparity between anaemia from capillary and venous blood PCV.

Gestational age groups (weeks)	Prevalence of; anaemia (%)		Difference b/w anaemia; prevalence from cPCV; and vPCV (%)	Percentage increase in; prevalence* (%)
	cPCV	vPCV
All GA	33.5	28.0	5.5	19.6
<28	40.2	32.9	7.3	22.2
≥28	28.8	24.6	4.2	17.1

* =(cPCV−vPCV)×100/vPCV.