study on iron deficiency anemia and hematological differences around delivery in women of different socio - economic and age groups

This study was conducted on pregnant women admitted to various hospitals of Faisalabad for delivery. They were randomly divided into 3 socio-economic groups [low, middle and high] and each group was further subdivided into 3 age groups of < 25, 26 33 years of patients. The study revealed an overall higher [p<0.05] birth weight of newborn of those born to women of middle socio-economic groups than low and high. Overall mean RBC [106/