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Table 5 Maternal and Fetal/Neonatal Outcomes by Hemoglobin Concentration for India

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

112,734

268

992

8037

42,460

43,530

16,163

1284

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

134 (119)

0 (0)

1 (101)

18 (224)

41 (97)

47 (108)

23 (142)

4 (312)

 Antepartum hemorrhage, N (%)

739 (0.7)

6 (2.2)

11 (1.1)

60 (0.7)

301 (0.7)

239 (0.5)

114 (0.7)

8 (0.6)

 Postpartum hemorrhage, N (%)

679 (0.6)

10 (3.8)

14 (1.4)

70 (0.9)

209 (0.5)

233 (0.5)

131 (0.8)

12 (1.0)

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

3685 (3.3)

18 (6.7)

38 (3.8)

255 (3.2)

1287 (3.0)

1314 (3.0)

675 (4.2)

98 (7.6)

 Obstructed labor, N (%)

11,546 (10.3)

27 (10.1)

90 (9.1)

749 (9.3)

3970 (9.4)

4557 (10.5)

1982 (12.3)

171 (13.3)

 C-delivery, N (%)

28,706 (25.5)

64 (23.9)

203 (20.5)

1766 (22.0)

9664 (22.8)

11,412 (26.2)

5172 (32.0)

425 (33.1)

 Preterm, N (%)

12,740 (11.3)

43 (16.2)

141 (14.2)

1050 (13.1)

5060 (12.0)

4629 (10.7)

1676 (10.4)

141 (11.0)

Fetal/Neonatal Outcomes

 Births, N

113,749

269

1006

8116

42,853

43,893

16,319

1293

 Stillbirth, N (Rate/1000)

2926 (25.7)

15 (55.8)

36 (35.8)

245 (30.2)

1166 (27.2)

1038 (23.7)

392 (24.0)

34 (26.3)

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

2097 (18.9)

10 (39.4)

30 (31.0)

182 (23.1)

856 (20.6)

732 (17.1)

266 (16.7)

21 (16.7)

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

2593 (23.4)

12 (47.2)

33 (34.1)

228 (29.0)

1038 (24.9)

926 (21.6)

328 (20.6)

28 (22.3)

 Birth weight (g)a, Mean (SD)

2707 (462)

2641 (505)

2644 (481)

2670 (472)

2687 (466)

2720 (450)

2744 (469)

2728 (462)

 Low birth weight (<  2500 g)a, N (%)

21,575 (19.2)

69 (26.6)

253 (25.7)

1783 (22.3)

8436 (20.0)

7787 (18.0)

2969 (18.5)

278 (21.9)

  1. aBirth weight measured within 7 days of delivery