Abstract |
This study investigated the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy and the determinants of haemoglobin levels and anaemic status among pregnant women. The results showed that 50.4% of the subjects were anaemic. The GLM and the binary logistic regression results revealed that Blood pressure, Gestational Age and BMI are useful in determining the haemoglobin level and the anaemic status respectively. The binary logistic regression revealed that a subject with normal blood pressure is 64.4% less likely to be anemic compared to a subject with abnormal blood pressure. Also, for a unit change in BMI a subject is 7.3% less likely to be anaemic while for a unit change in gestational age a subject is 6.5% more likely to be anaemic. The results revealed that as the Gestational age increases the probability of a subject becoming anaemic increases. It is therefore recommended that medical experts should advise pregnant women to take in foods and or supplements that will increase their Haemoglobin level as the Gestational age increases. |