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Table 4 Maternal and Fetal/Neonatal Outcomes by Hemoglobin Concentration for Pakistan

From: Hemoglobin concentrations and adverse birth outcomes in South Asian pregnant women: findings from a prospective Maternal and Neonatal Health Registry

 

Overall

Maternal Hemoglobin g/dL

Very low(<  7.0)

Low(7.0–7.9)

Low(8.0–8.9)

Low(9.0–9.9)

Low normal(10.0–10.9)

Normal(11.0–12.9)

High(≥ 13.0)

Maternal Outcomes

 Deliveries, N

18,154

1255

1911

3379

4486

3715

3054

354

 Maternal death < 42 days(Rate/100,000 deliveries)

65 (359)

8 (641)

10 (524)

16 (475)

8 (179)

11 (297)

9 (296)

3 (847)

 Antepartum hemorrhage, N (%)

371 (2.0)

44 (3.5)

34 (1.8)

74 (2.2)

80 (1.8)

77 (2.1)

54 (1.8)

8 (2.3)

 Postpartum hemorrhage, N (%)

479 (2.6)

47 (3.8)

64 (3.4)

89 (2.6)

116 (2.6)

93 (2.5)

57 (1.9)

13 (3.7)

 Hypertensive disease/pre- eclampsia/eclampsia, N (%)

481 (2.7)

34 (2.7)

44 (2.3)

82 (2.4)

114 (2.5)

95 (2.6)

99 (3.2)

13 (3.7)

 Obstructed labor, N (%)

1275 (7.0)

87 (6.9)

124 (6.5)

215 (6.4)

269 (6.0)

274 (7.4)

271 (8.9)

35 (9.9)

 C-delivery, N (%)

2713 (15.0)

104 (8.3)

173 (9.1)

390 (11.5)

644 (14.4)

649 (17.5)

670 (22.0)

83 (23.5)

 Preterm, N (%)

4670 (25.8)

405 (32.3)

536 (28.2)

883 (26.2)

1161 (25.9)

933 (25.1)

669 (21.9)

83 (23.5)

Fetal/Neonatal Outcomes

 Births, N

18,354

1269

1936

3420

4531

3755

3084

359

 Stillbirth, N (Rate/1000)

889 (48.5)

105 (82.9)

115 (59.6)

163 (47.7)

208 (45.9)

162 (43.2)

118 (38.3)

18 (50.3)

 Neonatal mortality < 7 days, N (Rate/1000)

709 (40.7)

61 (52.8)

79 (43.6)

131 (40.3)

183 (42.4)

121 (33.8)

113 (38.2)

21 (61.8)

 Neonatal mortality < 28 days, N (Rate/1000)

889 (51.1)

80 (69.2)

101 (55.7)

169 (52.0)

222 (51.5)

157 (43.8)

137 (46.4)

23 (67.6)

 Birth weight (g)a, Mean (SD)

2702 (491)

2587 (523)

2672 (491)

2687 (493)

2702 (488)

2727 (476)

2754 (482)

2705 (545)

 Low birth weight (<  2500 g)a, N (%)

3950 (22.2)

367 (30.7)

455 (24.6)

772 (23.2)

929 (21.1)

752 (20.6)

586 (19.6)

89 (25.9)

  1. aBirth weight measured within 7 days of delivery