Determinants of Anemia in Postpartum HIV-Negative Women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Petraro, Paul
- Duggan, Christopher Paul
- Urassa, Willy
- Msamanga, Gernard
- Makubi, Abel
- Spiegelman, Donna Lynn
- Fawzi, Wafaie W.
DOIAbstract
Objective: The determinants of anemia during both pregnancy and postpartum recovery remain incompletely understood in sub-Saharan African women. Subjects/methods: In a prospective cohort study among pregnant women, we assessed dietary, biochemical, anthropometric, infectious and sociodemographic factors at baseline. In multivariate Cox proportional hazards models, we examined predictors of incident anemia (hemoglobin <11 g/dl) and iron deficiency anemia (anemia plus mean corpuscular volume <80fL), and recovery from anemia and iron deficiency anemia through 18 months postpartum at antenatal clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania between 2001 and 2005. A total of 2364 non-anemic pregnant women and 4884 anemic women were enrolled between 12 and 27...
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