Table 3. Proportion of deficiencies (%) across pregnancy and according to group.

	Total population (N = 49)	Restrictive procedure(N = 18)	Malabsorptive procedure(N = 31)	p-value group
Albumin <35 g/l
1st trimester	7	15	3	0.165
2nd trimester	21	33	15	0.221
3rd trimester	74	91	65	0.115
P-value trimester	0.001	0.011	0.001
Hemoglobin <11 g/dl
1st trimester	28	29	28	0.946
2nd trimester	63	44	73	0.048
3rd trimester	76	71	79	0.397
P-value trimester	0.001	0.247	0.001
MCV <76 fL
1st trimester	12	29	3	0.016
2nd trimester	9	13	7	0.459
3rd trimester	26	41	14	0.060
P-value trimester	0.156	0.717	0.174
Vitamin B-12 <191 ng/l
1st trimester	35	31	37	0.709
2nd trimester	45	39	48	0.564
3rd trimester	41	58	32	0.281
P-value trimester	0.735	0.156	0.311
Ferritin <30 µg/l
1st trimester	27	14	33	0.186
2nd trimester	54	36	63	0.097
3rd trimester	42	55	36	0.319
P-value trimester	0.076	0.174	0.093
Folic Acid <252 µg/l
1st trimester	3	0	4	0.698
2nd trimester	0	0	0	0.693
3rd trimester	0	0	0	0.379
P-value trimester	0.202	0.368	0.236
Vitamin B-1 <70 nmol/l
1st trimester	2	0	4	0.558
2nd trimester	5	0	7	0.235
3rd trimester	17	6	26	0.257
P-value trimester	0.002	0.135	0.011
Vitamin A <300 µg/l
1st trimester	19	18	19	0.885
2nd trimester	40	56	31	0.098
3rd trimester	58	56	59	0.861
P-value trimester	0.005	0.205	0.013
25-OH-Vitamin D <7 µg/l
1st trimester	14	12	16	0.538
2nd trimester	7	13	4	0.499
3rd trimester	6	12	0	0.199
P-value trimester	0.030	0.368	0.135
25-OH-Vitamin D 7–20 µg/l
1st trimester	26	35	20	0.538
2nd trimester	21	19	23	0.499
3rd trimester	36	29	42	0.199
P-value trimester	0.368	0.565	0.197
Vitamin E <5.0 mg/l
1st trimester	2	0	3	0.447
2nd trimester	0	0	0	0.662
3rd trimester	0	0	0	0.235
P-value trimester	0.368	0.607	0.368

Values presented as proportion (%).