Research Article
Prevalence of Anaemia among Pregnant Women at Booking in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria
Table 3
Association between the red cell morphological pattern of the women and anaemia.
| | RBC morphology | Anaemic
(%) | Nonanaemic
(%) | value | |
| | Normocytosis | | | 0.00 | 34.5 | | Yes | 68 (38.0) | 111 (62.0) | | | | No | 149 (67.4) | 72 (32.6) | | | | Normochromia | | | 0.00 | 26.5 | | Yes | 22 (28.2) | 56 (71.8) | | | | No | 195 (60.6) | 127 (39.4) | | | | Hypochromia | | | 0.00 | 26.5 | | Yes | 195 (60.6) | 127 (39.4) | | | | No | 22 (28.2) | 56 (71.8) | | | | Microcytosis | | | 0.00 | 33.5 | | Yes | 107 (66.5) | 54 (33.5) | | | | No | 110 (46.0) | 129 (54.0) | | | | Macrocytosis | | | 0.00 | 8.0 | | Yes | 60 (67.4) | 29 (32.6) | | | | No | 157 (50.5) | 154 (49.5) | | |
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