Authors: Neelam Swaroop, Priyanka Laspal, Shikha Seth, Vandana Verma
Abstract
Anaemia in pregnant women is a serious world-wide public health problem with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Haemoglobinopathies and thalassemia constitute a major bulk of non communicable genetic diseases in India. The present study is being done to know the prevalence of thalassemia in a rural tertiary care centre of Western Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 340 anaemic pregnant women were included in our study. Out of 340 pregnant females, 71.47% were found to have iron deficiency anaemia, megaloblastic (18.23%), dimorphic anaemia (6.2%) and haemoglobinopathies 4.1%. Keywords: Heamoglobinopathies, Rural region, Antenatal care, Anemia.
View Article