1Head and Professor, Department of OBG, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
2Associate Professor, Department of OBG, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
*Corresponding Author: Dr. K. Saraswathi, Head and Professor, Department of OBG, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-73. E Mail id- drswaraswathi2012@gmail.com, M No-9444357957
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
In creating nations, maternal paleness during pregnancy has been accounted for to build the danger of the ominous fetal result. As indicated by the standard set somewhere around WHO, paleness in pregnancy is available when the hemoglobin fixation in the fringe blood is 11gm/100ml or less. Measure of iron moved to the baby is unaffected regardless of whether the mother experiences iron inadequacy pallor, yet the occurrence of low birth weight babies and pre 6 develop births are normal.
To correlate anthropometry measures with anemia in pregnant mothers.
The examination was directed in the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai from April 2017 to March 2018.100 term singleton neonates and their moms satisfying the consideration and prohibition criteria. A careful physical assessment of the neonate including anthropometry (Weight, Length, Head Circumference, and Chest Circumference) was finished.
By using the Pearson correlation there is no relationship between the mother's Hb value and Baby's Head circumference where r value was-0.033 which was not statistically significant p>0.05. This shows that the baby's Head circumference values were not correlated with mother's Hb value. There is no relationship between the mother's Hb value and Baby's Length's. p value was 0.06 which was not statistically significant p>0.05. This shows that the baby's Length was not correlated with mother's Hb value. The baby's chest circumference was also not correlated with mother's Hb value.
The birth weight, head perimeter, chest outline, mid-arm circumference, and crown-heel length were fundamentally low in babies destined to ladies with moderate and extreme pallor in contrast with newborn children destined to non-pallid ladies. The development hindering impact of maternal iron deficiency was more on fetal birth weight and mid-arm outline than on other anthropometric lists.
Birth Weight, Anemic Mothers, Hemoglobin Level, Cord Blood Sample
