Table 4.
Signs and symptoms of anemia among pregnant females of Balochistan.
| Symptoms | Status | High Attitude N = 72 | Low Attitude N = 60 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N = 72 | Anemic N = 19 |
Non-anemic N = 53 | P value | Total N = 60 |
Anemic N = 41 |
Non-anemic N = 19 | P value | ||
| Breathlessness | + | 20 (27.77%) | 12 (60.00%) | 8 (40.00%) | 0.0002* | 23 (38.33%) | 22 (95.65%) | 1 (4.35%) | 0.0004* |
| - | 52 (72.22%) | 7 (13.46%) | 45 (86.54%) | 37 (61.67%) | 19 (51.35%) | 18 (48.65%) | |||
| Palpitation | + | 13 (18.05%) | 8 (61.54%) | 5 (38.46%) | 0.0035* | 20 (33.33%) | 19 (95.00%) | 1 (5.00%) | 0.0013* |
| - | 59 (81.95%) | 11 (18.64%) | 48 (81.36%) | 40 (66.67%) | 22 (55.00%) | 18 (45.00%) | |||
| Pallor | + | 18 (25.00%) | 10 (55.56%) | 8 (44.44%) | 0.0038* | 29 (48.33%) | 26 (89.66%) | 3 (15.79%) | 0.0008* |
| - | 54 (75.00%) | 9 (47.37%) | 45 (84.90%) | 31 (51.67%) | 15 (48.39%) | 16 (51.61%) | |||
| Pale Conjunctiva | + | 13 (18.05%) | 10 (76.92%) | 3 (23.08%) | 0.0001* | 39 (65.00%) | 37 (94.87%) | 2 (05.13%) | 0.0001* |
| - | 59 (81.95%) | 9 (15.25%) | 50 (84.75%) | 21 (35.00%) | 4 (19.05%) | 17 (80.95%) | |||
| Koilonychias | + | 03 (4.16%) | 03 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0.0162* | 07 (11.67%) | 07 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0.0859 |
| - | 69 (95.84%) | 16 (23.19%) | 53 (76.81%) | 53 (88.33%) | 34 (64.15%) | 19 (35.85%) | |||
*
Significant (P < 0.05)