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. 2013 Mar 11;16(8):1371–1378. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013000608

Table 4.

Risk of iron deficiency states and haemoconcentration at delivery as a function of initial iron depletion and iron supplementation in pregnant women; Reus, Catalonia, Spain (n 285)

ID at delivery IDA at delivery Hb > 130 g/l at delivery
OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
Model 1
Initial ID
Yes 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
No 0·28 0·14, 0·57 <0·001 0·41 0·19, 0·88 0·019 8·85 1·18, 66·1 0·034
Fe supplementation
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 0·41 0·24, 0·70 0·001 0·80 0·39, 1·64 0·536 2·98 1·05, 8·99 0·040
Model 2
Initial ID
Yes 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
No 0·28 0·13, 0·58 0·001 0·49 0·22, 1·10 0·083 7·34 0·97, 55·6 0·054
Fe supplementation
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 0·39 0·22, 0·69 0·004 0·91 0·42, 1·96 0·810 1·42 0·58, 3·50 0·442
Age of the mother (years) 0·98 0·92, 1·04 0·425 1·02 0·94, 1·11 0·610 0·95 0·87, 1·04 0·271
Parity
Primipara 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Multipara 1·21 0·71, 2·06 0·484 1·47 0·68, 3·18 0·330 0·60 0·28, 1·30 0·197
Smoker
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 0·56 0·30, 1·05 0·073 0·67 0·26, 1·70 0·401 1·99 0·91, 4·36 0·086
Gestational age (weeks) 0·79 0·66, 0·95 0·010 0·57 0·44, 0·74 <0·001 1·24 0·95, 1·61 0·109

ID, iron depletion; IDA, iron-deficiency anaemia; Ref., reference category; SF, serum ferritin.

ID was defined as SF < 12 μg/l; IDA was defined as anaemia (Hb < 110 g/l) and ID simultaneously; risk of haemoconcentration was defined as Hb > 130 g/l.