Some aspects of anaemia of pregnancy in Burma

ABSTRACT

Hb. concentration was determined in 1,167 unselected pregnant women attending the ante-natal clinic of the Central Maternity Hospital, Rangoon. Hb. concentration, M.C.H.C., Hb. electrophoresis, serum iron level and iron binding capacity and serum and whole blood folate (L. casei) levels were determined in 48 anaemics and 109 non-anaemic controls from among 230 unselected, obsteretically normal, full-term pregnant women in the wards of the Central Maternity Hospital, Rangoon. Ratio of paired maternal and cord blood was also determined for Hb. serum iron, and serum folate.