Table 7.

Maternal characteristics of the selected population. Data expressed as the means ± SDs or n (%)

Variables	Anaemic	Non-anaemic	Total
Pregnant women	6476 (16.4%)	32,963 (83.6%)	39,439 (100%)
Haemoglobin (g/L)	102.16 ± 6.64	125.09 ± 9.64	121.32 ± 12.53
Gestation week	22.65 ± 3.61	23.25 ± 3.36	23.17 ± 3.40
Maternal age (years)	29.21 ± 4.48	29.74 ± 4.18	29.66 ± 4.23
Gravidity	1.99 ± 1.21	1.83 ± 1.13	1.86 ± 1.14
Parity	0.86 ± 0.74	0.59 ± 0.67	0.63 ± 0.69
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)	20.48 ± 4.51	21.14 ± 4.33	21.04 ± 4.36
Pre-pregnancy height (cm)	160.39 ± 4.92	161.48 ± 4.92	161.30 ± 4.93
Pre-pregnancy weight (kg)	53.96 ± 8.30	55.93 ± 8.89	55.61 ± 8.83