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Bodeau Livinec F., Briand Valérie, Berger Jacques, Xiong X., Massougbodji Achille, Day K.P., Cot Michel. (2011). Maternal anemia in Benin : prevalence, risk factors, and association with low birth weight. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 85 (3), p. 414-420. ISSN 0002-9637.

Titre du document
Maternal anemia in Benin : prevalence, risk factors, and association with low birth weight
Année de publication
2011
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000294581400006
Auteurs
Bodeau Livinec F., Briand Valérie, Berger Jacques, Xiong X., Massougbodji Achille, Day K.P., Cot Michel
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011, 85 (3), p. 414-420 ISSN 0002-9637
We studied the prevalence of anemia during pregnancy and its relationship with low birth weight (LBW; birth weight <2,500 g) in Benin. We analyzed 1,508 observations from a randomized controlled trial conducted from 2005 to 2008 showing equivalence on the risk of LBW between two drugs for Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria during pregnancy (IPTp). Despite IPTp, helminth prophylaxis, and iron and folic acid supplementations, the proportions of women with severe anemia (hemoglobin [Hb] concentration < 80 g/L) and anemia (Hb < 110 g/L) were high throughout pregnancy: 3.9% and 64.7% during the second and 3.7% and 64.1% during the third trimester, but 2.5% and 39.6% at the onset of labor, respectively. Compared with women without anemia (Hb >= 110 g/L) during the third trimester, women with severe anemia (Hb < 80 g/L) were at higher risk of LBW after adjustment for potential confounding factors (prevalence ratio [PR] = 2.8; 95% confidence interval [14-5.6]).
Plan de classement
Santé : généralités [050]
Description Géographique
BENIN
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010053826]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010053826
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