@article{Madaan_Bhardwaj_Narang_Sharma_2013, title={Effects of Third Trimester Maternal Hemoglobin Upon Newborn Anthropometry}, volume={33}, url={https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNPS/article/view/8251}, DOI={10.3126/jnps.v33i3.8251}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Maternal anemia during pregnancy can lead to poor fetal outcome as risks of morbidity and mortality is increased.</p> <p><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>All Singleton pregnancies delivered in MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala from 5 April 2012 to 5 October 2012 fulfilling the criteria were included. The pregnant mothers were grouped into 4 categories according to the corresponding hemoglobin concentration: normal (=or>11), mild (10.9-9.0g/dl), moderate (8.9-7.0 g/dl), and severe anemia (less than 7 g/dl).</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 334 pregnant women included in the study 249 (74.6%) were found to be anemic. Among anemic mothers 9 had severe (2.7%), 51 had moderate (15.3%) and 189 had mild (56.6) anemia. The anthropometric measurements (birth weight, length, chest circumference, head circumference) with decreasing severity of anemia showed statistically significant difference (p = 0.000, p = 0.000, p = 0.017, p = 0.001) respectively. It was seen that as the number of pregnancies (gravida) increases the severity of anemia increases with each pregnancy.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Anemia during pregnancy negatively affected the anthropometric measurements of a newborn and severe anemia had significant negative effect on neonatal anthropometric measurements.</p> <p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v33i3.8251">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v33i3.8251</a>  </p> <p>J. Nepal Paediatr. Soc. 2013;33(3):186-189</p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society}, author={Madaan, Gautam and Bhardwaj, Anand Kumar and Narang, Sunny and Sharma, PD}, year={2013}, month={Dec.}, pages={186–189} }