title: Anaemia and perinatal outcome in Port Moresby.
abstract: In 1987, a computerized obstetric database was set up at the Port Moresby General Hospital. Between 1987 and 1992, 27,117 births took place. The mean haemoglobin value amongst the 83% of women in whom a haemoglobin value was tested was 10.0 +/- 1.7 g/dL. High stillbirth rates (94 per 1,000) were associated with a haemoglobin value < 6 g/dL. The stillbirth rate was slightly lower (14 per 1,000) in woman whose lowest haemoglobin value was in the range 10.0-10.9 g/dL than in those with a haemoglobin value > or = 11 g/dL (18 per 1,000). The stillbirth rate was increased in women with haemoglobin values > or = 14.0 g/dL. With respect to low birth-weight (< 2,500 g), the rates were also higher when the haemoglobin value was above 14.0 g/dL. The reason for these findings is not apparent and may be due to the impact of an uncharacterized confounding variable rather than the haemoglobin value.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, New Guinea.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Mola
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Permezel
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Amoa
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Klufio
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000209:etiology*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010219:Papua New Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins