Iron-Deficiency Anemia Increases Risk of Preterm Delivery
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nutrition Reviews
- Vol. 51 (2) , 49-52
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.1993.tb03068.x
Abstract
In an inner-city sample of pregnant women, iron-deficiency anemia was associated with a higher risk of preterm delivery and low birth weight but not with small-for-gestational-age births. However, the prevalence of iron-deficiency anemia (3.5%) explained only a small proportion of preterm deliveries.Keywords
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