Maternal hemoglobin concentration and birth weight: A report from mother and child tertiary hospital

Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the prevalence of anemia in pregnancy and determine the relationship between maternal anemia during pregnancy and low birth weight, babies.

Methods

This study was a cross-sectional design which was conducted at Siti Khadijah 1 Tertiary Hospital from January 2017 to October 2018. The total sample of the study was 6876 samples.

Results

Anemia prevalence was 46.6%. Mothers with anemia were more likely to give birth to babies with low birth weight compared to mothers who were not anemic, which is 373 respondents (11.7%) versus 265 respondents (7.2%). Respondents with severe anemia gave birth to more babies with low birth weight than babies with normal birth weight, which is 49 people (92.5%) versus 4 (7.5%) (p = 0.000, p < 0.05).

Conclusion

There was a significant association between maternal hemoglobin and birth weight.